ultra-Orthodox Jews
Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots
By Tia Goldenberg — December 28, 2021
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — The group has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country despite being pummeled by the virus throughout the pandemic.
Israeli police protect women’s prayer group from ultra-Orthodox protesters
By Michele Chabin — November 5, 2021
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Until now, Israeli security forces have done the bare minimum to enforce crowd control during the controversial prayer group’s once-a-month services in the women’s section of the Western Wall.
Netflix’s ‘My Unorthodox Life’ spurred ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives
By Jessica Roda and Alexandra Stankovich — September 8, 2021
(The Conversation) — The #MyOrthodoxLife movement challenges both mainstream and ultra-Orthodox media to tell more nuanced and complex stories about Jewish women.
‘Insular’ Orthodox Jews mobilize to save lives, from Haiti to Kabul
By Avi Shafran — September 1, 2021
(RNS) — Recent disasters have shown a lesser-known side of Haredi Jews.
At Yiddish Week, a beloved language is as vital as ever
By David I. Klein — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — Attendees include everyone from non-Jews to secular Jews, as well as Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Jews ranging in age from infants to nearly 90.
Netflix’s ‘My Unorthodox Life’ is an exposé that fails to explain some basic facts
By Avi Shafran — July 14, 2021
(RNS) — Fashion triumphs over fundamentalism. What could be more inspiring?
Haredi Jewish women are bucking the patriarchal stereotype of their community
By Michal Raucher — May 17, 2021
(The Conversation) — Women are increasingly making reproductive decisions and working outside the home.
The growing Jewish divide
By Mark Silk — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — Growth is occurring at both the low and the ultra ends of the religious Jewish spectrum.
New Haredi men’s magazine touts cars, whiskey for the Torah study set
By Avi Shafran — March 11, 2021
(RNS) — Even in times of plenty and even for the financially fortunate, there is dignity in modesty.
Ultra-Orthodox unrest threatens Netanyahu re-election hopes
By Josef Federman — January 28, 2021
(AP) — Netanyahu has watched his political partners undermine the country's war against the virus and spark a public backlash that threatens him at the ballot box.
Warning: Your piety might be dangerous to your health
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 31, 2020
(RNS) — Religion should be making the world better. Get with the program, people.
A look at Judaism’s place in Israeli politics
By Ilan Ben Zion — September 18, 2019
(AP) — While the country's Jewish majority is largely secular, parties representing the ultra-Orthodox minority have traditionally wielded considerable political power.
Israeli court fails to stop city concert that barred men and women sitting together
By Bob Smietana — August 16, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — An Israeli city wanted to ban men and women from sitting together at a publicly funded concert aimed at an ultra-Orthodox audience. Women's advocates said the concert violated anti-discrimination laws. Israel's high court agreed, but the ruling came too late to stop the concert.
Jerusalem pride parade draws thousands, guarded by police
By Michele Chabin — June 6, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Jerusalem's parade draws thousands of LGBTQ Israelis and their allies, to an event guarded by thousands of police. Unlike in Tel Aviv, known as one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities in the world, Jerusalem's residents aren't always welcoming. Its pride parade has sparked controversy and, in at least one case, violence, in the past.
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
By Joyce Dalsheim — May 30, 2019
(The Conversation) — As Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews become more numerous, and powerful, many politicians are capitalizing on anti-religious sentiment among secular Jews, including calling on Haredim to submit to the draft.
