During Friday night dinners in middle-class homes the talk is a mixture of lamentation and despair, with a seasoning of paternalist disgust at all the people who are leading “their” country to disaster: meaning Sephardic Jews, Russians, and the Orthodox, not real Israelis like them. ..…

Although they are an ancient population, Ethiopian Jews find their Jewishness questioned, are racially stereotyped as lazy, and face poverty and discrimination in housing, education and employment. ..…

Even more obviously, anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism are not just logically distinct, but also historically and, even today, for some of the most extreme Orthodox Jews, theologically at odds. . ..…

Sixty-odd years later, hundreds of ultra-orthodox Jews paraded about in Jerusalem wearing concentration-camp uniforms with yellow Stars of David pinned to their chest. ..…

All over the world, and especially in North America, Jewish millennials are raising doubts that their parents and grandparents never raised...If present trends persist, young Jews might not acquiesce to an affiliation with a nation that discriminates against non-Orthodox Jews,..…

The same person appears to have been committing crimes against other atheists and non-Orthodox Jews over the past three years. . . ..…

Among Israeli men who say they usually wear a large black fabric kippa, a majority identify as Haredi (also known as ultra-Orthodox) Jews (58%). ... And small black fabric kippot (the plural of kippa) as well as colored or patterned crocheted kippot are particularly common among Dati..…

For instance, among Muslims and Orthodox Jews, men are more likely than women to attend worship services at least weekly, the new study finds... ..…

This finding reflects, in part, the population of Orthodox Jews Israel, as does the pattern seen in weekly attendance.. ... Among self-identified Orthodox Jews, the pattern of men being more likely who make up 13% of Israeli Jews. ..…

For example, Haredim Israel exhibit very similar religious beliefs and practices to ultra- Orthodox Jews in U.S., and both groups are isolated from the rest of society in many ways. And Datiim are much like Modern Orthodox Jews in U.S., as both groups adhere to Jewish..…

And Orthodox Jews make up bigger share of adults among Israeli Jews than American Jews .. ... This gap is driven by differences between Orthodox Jews in both countries 60% of Haredim and Datiim Israel say their Jewish identity is about religion, compared with 46% of..…

And the suits before the Supreme Court are supported by Orthodox Jews, Hindus, Muslims and others. . ..…

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Aryeh Deri, rabbi who marshaled ultra- Orthodox Jews of Arabic and North African into political force, was convicted in bribery scandal that has plagued him for nine years.. ..…

He's the mayor of this development town of 35,000, member of Sephardic Torah Guardians, the political party of ultra-Orthodox Jews of Arab and North Africa descent known as Shas.. ... Through network of social service organizations, religious study centers and its school system, Shas has..…

For millennia, Orthodox Jews have had no choice except to pray and wait for the perfect red heifer that will allow them to rebuild Third Temple Jerusalem.. ... By human hands are wary of breaking, Even those who think Third Temple can be constructed Israeli law — Jews are not..…

The largest Israeli protests during recent years have been against the high cost of living and the military draft of ultra-Orthodox Jews, not the occupation that has become a normal, accepted, and easily ignored part of life for most Israelis. ... These include religious Zionists and..…

And while elite attitudes toward Israel in the US are changing, recent polls have cast doubt on widely publicized claims that young, non-Orthodox Jews in the US are growing more distant from Israel.16 . ... ”  ↩ . . 11 Non-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Jews believe that a..…

But it's difficult to estimate the size of these movements globally distinctions are often made between Haredi or Ultra- Orthodox Jews, Modern Orthodox Jews and less traditional forms of Judaism... ..…

On the left of Netanyahu's coalition sits Ehud Barak's emasculated Labor Party, and whatever moderating potential it may have is counterbalanced by what is, in some ways, the most partner of all, Shas, the ultra- Orthodox party representing Jews of North African and Middle Eastern descent...…

Black Christians constitute 8% of registered voters, non-religious Americans 6%4, Hispanic Catholics 2%, Mormons 2%, Jews 2%, Orthodox Christians 1% and other religions 2%. . ..…

To explain his faith, he borrowed an oxymoron coined by the great scholar of Judaism, Harry Austryn Wolfson, and called himself 'a non-practicing Orthodox Jew.' ..…