. • In the wake of measles outbreaks in Jewish communities in Israel, New York and New Jersey, the Toronto Public Health and a group of Toronto-based Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox rabbis sent letters to parents of Jewish day school students imploring them to make sure their children are..…
Among the issues that have been of utmost importance to Lieberman has been the exemption that Ultra-Orthodox Jews (called Haredim in Israel) have from serving in the military. ..…
In the early stages of Israel’s formation, its ultra-Orthodox community was very small. ... Ben-Gurion was dead wrong, and today Israel’s ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) community has become a powerful political and economic force. ..…
There are 8.1 Jews living outside Israel, with the in United States. Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Simchat Beit Hashoeva Brooklyn, New York City, September 26, 2018 .. ..…
The religious parties have been part of the coalition since 2015 have sat in series of governments throughout Israel's history.. The main reason for the election last week, Israel's second in year, was conflict between ultra- Orthodox parties and Avigdor Liberman's..…
It is now likely that Gantz will seek a coalition government that includes the Likud, along with Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu. The country’s former ultra-nationalist defense minister, Lieberman, with 8 seats, has restored his previous “kingmaker” status. ..…
A new survey by Hiddush, an Israeli organization that supports religious pluralism, shows that 57 percent of the Jewish Israeli electorate does not want the incoming governing coalition to include or depend on parties that are haredi Orthodox, commonly referred to as ultra-Orthodox in the United..…
Labour Friends of Israel director Jennifer Gerber condemned the vote, calling the party a “home for anti-Jewish racists and Israel-haters.” . “It’s depressing but thoroughly unsurprising that Labour has today ended its decades old opposition to the extremist Israel boycott..…
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