Yair Ettinger
By Yair Ettinger
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The Schmooze Moshe Hager, Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Dead at 95
Crossposted from Haaretz One of the Haredi community’s most veteran leaders passed away overnight Tuesday in Bnei Brak. Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the head of the Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty and president of Agudath Israel’s Council of Torah Sages, died aged 95. His funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon, and is expected to draw mass…
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The Schmooze ‘Torah Archaeology’ Sheds Light on Ancient Dispute
Crossposted from Haaretz In the heart of ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem two weeks ago, an unwritten taboo was shattered in broad daylight: The first Haredi conference on “Torah archaeology” — having been boldly advertised in the Haredi daily Hamodia, and approved by several leading rabbis — drew a packed audience. The opening speaker, Chabad Rabbi Shaul Shimon…
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Breaking News Indian Commandos Move on Mumbai Chabad House Seized by Terrorists
SEE LATEST NEWS HERE LAST UPDATE: 1:10 A.M. EST Indian commandos were dropped by helicopter on the roof of the besieged Chabad headquarters in Mumbai as Indian snipers at the site opened fire early Friday morning. Heavily armed Indian commandos, their faces covered by balaclavas, rappelled from helicopters onto the roof of the Chabad center…
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Breaking News Eight Killed in Shooting Attack at Jerusalem Yeshiva
Eight people were killed and nine others were wounded Thursday evening when a terrorist infiltrated the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, police said. A single terrorist infiltrated the yeshiva and began firing in every direction. He was shot and killed, police said. Three of the injured were listed as being…
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News Israel’s Conservative Movement Threatens To Sue Ex-Chief Rabbi
Israel’s Masorti (Conservative) Movement is threatening legal action against former Sephardi chief rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu for saying that “the reek of hell wafts” from Reform and Conservative synagogues, and it is therefore forbidden to walk by them. Eliyahu, a leading religious Zionist rabbi, made the remark last week during his weekly Torah lecture. It was…
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News Rabbi Faces Off With Protesters
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a prominent leader of Israel’s religious Zionist camp and a staunch critic of the Gaza withdrawal, found himself in a violent tussle — with other opponents of the pullout. The trouble started Monday night at about midnight, when hundreds of youngsters in Neve Dekalim came to the entrance gate and blocked Gush…
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