Want to know where ultra-Orthodox groups in Israel get money? Shmarya Rosenberg writes they are funded by kosher certification businesses and Satmar Hasidim in Brooklyn.
Clashes between gangs of Hasidim have become common in Jerusalem. Shmarya Rosenberg argues that the violence is a natural outgrowth of fundamentalism.
The Tea Party’s all-or-nothing tactics have shaken up American politics. A similar schism in early Judaism teaches us that no one has a monopoly on the truth.