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Orthodox Jews Stone Arab University Students In Sefat

Orthodox Jews threw stones Friday night at Arab students who rent apartments in Safed. On Saturday night, amid more clashes between Orthodox Jewish residents and Arab students, a Palestinian flag was hung on the top of a renovated mosque near the northern city's central market.

"Kushim! We Don't Need You Here!" Israel's Immigration Police Attack, Allegedly Beat, Black Reform Converts

The Interior Ministry's controversial Oz immigration police unit has been accused of beating and verbally abusing members of an African-American family from Kansas City whose members converted to Judaism several years ago, and are living in Ashkelon pending a decision on their citizenship request.

A Homosexual Shabbat

Each one opened his heart to us and told us his difficult story – how he discovered that he was homosexual, how he dealt with himself and with religion, how he went to or did not go to a rabbi, whether he underwent psychological treatment to try and change his sexual orientation or other treatment, how his parents reacted and how he came out of the closet, if indeed he did so. It was impossible not to be impressed by the desire of these men to continue to be part of the religious community.

City Official Under Investigation For Attempting To Lure Rabbi With Woman

A woman equipped with recording equipment was paid to attempt to lure Rabbi Yaakov Ifergan of Netivot, also known as the "x-ray,"  into carrying out immodest acts, as part of an attempt to damage his reputation.

Prime Minister Orders Committee To Study State Funding For Yeshiva Students

After vehement opposition to funding yeshiva students from Kadima and Labor, Netanyahu postpones vote on bill and tasks revision committee to devise ways which would allow for funding, offer incentives to encourage integration of haredim in workforce.

Samaritans Celebrate Sukkot

Samaritans celebrate Sukkot on Mount Gerizim near Nablus yesterday.

Mayor Wants To Build Synagogue On Rare City Park Land, Residents Object

Residents slam city municipality's plan to replace rare spot of green along one of Israel's busiest traffic arteries with a synagogue.

Letter from Colorado: Haredim Are Wrong – Science Is Relevant To Judaism

Instead of seeing challenges or modern scientific and technological advances as something that can be used for its own advantage, the haredi community tries to shut out any modern thinking.

Vote On Bill To Grant Millions Of Shekels To Yeshiva Students Postponed

Prime Minister announces bill circumventing Supreme Court ruling and granting yeshiva students millions in state funds will be altered to encourage them to work beforethe bill is brought to vote, after Labor Party and Yisrael Beiteinu MKs announce their opposition.

Palestinian Graveyard Vandalized By Jewish Settlers

Extremist Jewish settlers spray-painted slogans on Palestinian graves at a northern West Bank cemetery, Israeli media reported today.

In Or Out Of The Closet

Despite the fact that homosexuals make up such a small percentage of the population, and despite the fact that homosexuals are not pedophiles, there is a major attempt in the haredi community to “fix” people who are homosexual. Haredi community leaders will take up the cause against a homosexual lifestyle but dismiss or attempt to minimize child sexual abuse, and they refuse to out the pedophiles who prey on their community's children.

CEO Of OU Kosher To Receive Anti-Poverty Award

“Rabbi Genack is an extraordinary rabbinic leader, who profoundly impacts the lives of nearly everyone who eats kosher food. His devotion to ‘acts of charity and deeds of kindness’ is without equal.”

MK Rotem To Propose Bill Dissolving Chief Rabbinate

Knesset threatens to pass with opposition support new bill to recognize IDF rabbis' conversions, claims Chief Rabbinate has ulterior motives for challenging validity of process.

Yeshiva Students To Get Millions?

Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs to discuss controversial proposal aimed at finding way around High Court ruling against income support for young haredim engaged in Torah studies.

Haredi Gang Leader Arrested

In an operation involving undercover police forces, a leader of the violent Sikrikim group, Israel Heshin, 26, was arrested overnight Tuesday on suspicion of assault.

Lawyer For Billionaire's Widow Urges Rejection Of Chabad's $18 Million Claim Against His Estate

"There was not one word ever written by Roland Arnall mentioning the project,' Gordon told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Murphy. "The only person who claims to have heard the promise ... is Rabbi Cunin.'

Shechita "Scare" Over McDonald's Meat

The decision to stop using kosher slaughtered beef was prompted by media stories that halal meat was being used without the knowledge of the public by some McDonald's restaurants.

Chief Rabbis To Investigate Conversions

Five senior rabbis will investigate IDF and civilian conversions and present their findings to Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and the chief rabbi of the IDF within four months to resolve doubt over the validity of army conversions.

Power Of Lakewood's Haredi Vaad Dissipates

Known as a potent political force able to steer entire voting blocs, this body of rabbis, businessmen and government liaisons was unable in recent months to muster enough Orthodox community support for its most established darling. "It's kind of like an Orthodox Tea Party'' is taking control.

Schools Fight Stokes Anger At Haredim in N.Y. Suburb

The dirt road that someone cut through a few feet of brush to connect the hasidic village of New Square to the playing fields of Hillcrest Elementary School in early October is only the latest in a series of puzzles surrounding the contested sale of the shuttered public school.

New Haredi Slaughter Brands Compete With Group Behind Many Haredi Riots

The two new haredi brands are effectively cutting into the market share of the Eida Hacharedis, the Mea Shearim-based umbrella group behind many of the haredi riots that have plagued Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and Akko.

Government Blocks Aliya Of Holocaust Victim's Granddaughter

“It is unfortunate that Monique’s grandmother was Jewish enough to be murdered by the Nazis, but not Jewish enough to allow her granddaughter to immigrate based on her Jewishness.”

Chabad Rabbi Tells Soldiers To Use Palestinian Civilians As Human Shields

"According to true Jewish values, your lives come before those of the enemy, whether he is a soldier or a civilian under protection. Therefore, you are forbidden from endangering your own life for the sake of the enemy, not even for a civilian."

Hard Right Shows No Regret For Rabin's Assassination

On Yom Kippur Eve in 1995, a number of people gathered outside of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's residence, including Rabbi Yosef Dayan and Avigdor Eskin. They performed an ancient Aramaic ceremony entitled 'Pulsa Denura', invoking the prime minister's death. "We have the permission to call on superior powers and are allowed in this place to demand the angels of destruction stick their swords in this evil man," they chanted.       

Lakewood Couple Charged With Kidnapping, Assault, Theft And Robbery

According to Lakewood police, David Wax, 48, and Judy Wax, 46 were charged with kidnapping. David Wax was also charged with criminal restraint, luring, aggravated assault, theft and robbery. Judy Wax was also charged with conspiracy.

Women For Sale At Tel Aviv Shopping Center

A window display at the Dizengoff Center shows real women with price tags in a provocative installation meant to battle sex trafficking.

Rabbis Urge Jews To Refuse To Rent Apartments To Arabs

Rabbis say renting properties to Arabs would deflate value of homes as well as those in neighborhood. Speakers at the conference expressed concern over plans to build a medical school in the city which they said would exacerbate the problem of "the Arab takeover of Safed."

Students Of Sexual Predator Rabbi Say They Never Saw Any Inappropriate Behavior

Hundreds of Rabbi Mordechai Elon's students sign a petition supporting their teacher – a man found guilty of inappropriate sexual contact with male students.

Chief Rabbi: My Meeting With The Pope Was An "Epiphany"

Jonathan Sacks, Britain’s Chief Rabbi, has described his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI during his visit last month as “an epiphany.”

Shoshana’s Story: A 12-Year-Old Heroin User's Life On The Streets

She was a 12-year-old Jewish heroin user who got her first high by tricking an older boy into believing she was 16. He did for her what she couldn’t yet do by herself – he shot her up.

Walking A Fine Line Between Jewish Philanthropy And His Christian Supporters, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Raises Millions Of Dollars For Israel's Poor

“Jewish community support has come a long way. Five or six years ago we tried to purchase an ad in Hadassah magazine to show what the Christians are doing and how they support Israel, but we were turned down. This year we were the honorees at Hadassah’s annual convention after we gave them a gift of $1 million.”

The Names Ethiopian Jews Lost

“Ethiopian immigrants are different from other immigrants because their names are so laden with meaning. They are all named after important events or feelings and emotions, representing something that happened at the time of their birth; it is part of their identity.”

Haredim Oppose Revised Israel Loyalty Oath

The amended version of the loyalty oath requirement for new citizens has a slim chance of becoming law, because of opposition by hareidi parties, Makor Rishon newspaper reported Tuesday.

Again: 500 Haredim Protest Opening Of Parking Lot

A dozen members of the group tried to block the entrance of cars into the  parking lot near Jaffa Gate, but failed to so because police removed the group  from the area.

Haredim Again Refuse To Teach Core Curriculum In Their State-Funded Schools

“The leaders of the haredi public are dooming students of the exempted institutions to a life of ignorance, poverty and total separation from the general Israeli pubic, all under the fake cover of generations of Jewish tradition.”

Four Convicted In Plot To Bomb Riverdale Synagogues

The four defendants – Onta Williams, Laguerre Payen, James Cromitie and David Williams IV – face up to life in prison. Mr. Williams and Mr. Paven were found not guilty of one charge, attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States.

Doctor Accused Of Helping Yeshiva Students Cheat State Out Of Millions Of Shekels

A senior psychiatrist with the Health Ministry is suspected of authorizing false claims made by yeshiva students, which allowed them to cheat the National Insurance Institute out of millions.

Gay Issue, Paladino Spur "Rift" In Haredi Community

"The problem of the people in the gay community is they have to flaunt their lifestyle. They're shoving it in our faces. It's a chutzpah. That drives me crazy. They do not have tolerance for people who don't agree with them."

Gentiles Exist Only To Serve Jews, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says

“Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel. That is why gentiles were created.”

Palestinians Earn A Living Making Kippot For Jews

Under the shade of a leafy vine in the occupied West Bank village of Lobban al-Gharbia, three Palestinian women are sitting, knitting and nattering.

Former Agriprocessors Supervisor Among Top 10 Most Wanted By US Department Of Homeland Security

Zev Levi is wanted on immigration and identity theft-related charges.

The Tear Driers

Sixteen years after their parents were murdered before their eyes, Rwanda genocide orphans get rare chance to start anew in unique youth village. Join an Israeli delegation from Children's Home in Netanya on a once-in-a-lifetime journey.

Satmar Succession Battle Heats Up, Riots Feared

The scandal engulfing Assemblyman Vito Lopez -- the most powerful ally of Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum's faction -- has created a window of opportunity for the faction led by older brother Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum to capture the highly coveted Williamsburg congregation the sibling rivals have fought over for a decade. When the two factions last clashed on Rodney Street, in 2005, riot police were called in.

Holy War: Jews Fight Jews Over Eruv

Village of Westhampton Beach site of fight over eruv request and the fear that Orthodox Jews will overwhelm the tiny village if the eruv is installed.

Rubashkin Affair: The Hypocrisy Of Chabad And Haredim

Chabad and haredim claim Sholom Rubashkin was singled out and that the government's prosecution of him and his resulting 27 year sentence is bigotry if not outright antisemitism. This, they say, is why they have chosen to act on Rubashkin's behalf. But is it true?

The Jewish Angel Of Addis Ababa On NPR

Dr. Rich Hodes saves crippled, ill and orphaned Ethiopian children, some of whom he adopts and raises as his own.

Missing Man Found Dead

Steven Mayer had been missing for almost two weeks.

Rabbi Yehuda Levin On MSNBC With Ed Schultz Makes Holocaust Joke As He Slams Paladino's Apology On Gay Rights

The ever-tasteless lisping homophobe adds another low to his career of hate and cheap exploitation.

Who Is The Man In The Black Fedora?

Only one ultra-Orthodox fixer appears to have accompanied New York gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo on all four of his early October visits to Brooklyn’s Hasidic rebbes. Who is he?

First Ever Torah Scroll Written By Women Completed

Jewish women have never been allowed to write a Torah scroll. But a Seattle Reconstructionist group has created the first known Torah scroll to be collaboratively written by women from around the world.