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The Schmooze Watch Out, ‘Shtisel’! Netflix Is Making A Partially Yiddish Show About Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Okay, I’m going to need all the rabid fans of the Israeli TV drama ‘Shtisel’ to sit down. If you’re holding a mug of tea or an Etgar Keret collection, set it somewhere safe. If you think good news surrounding prestige TV about ultra-Orthodox Jews might inspire you to loot and riot your neighborhood, lock…
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Fast Forward Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Protesters Flee After Counter-Protesters Strip Down To Bras
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police in Jerusalem over the weekend in protest of the Eurovision Song Contest final, which was held on Shabbat. The impassioned crowd blocked Haneviim Street and stopped traffic on Saturday, The Times of Israel reported. Protestors attacked officers responding to the demonstration, and one was arrested. The protestors, shouting…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Man Alleges Antisemitic Harassment By Bus Driver Over Measles Outbreak
New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority is investigating a complaint from an Orthodox Jewish man who says he was discriminated against by a bus driver because of New York City’s measles epidemic, which is largely confined to the ultra-Orthodox community. The man said he was waiting at a bus stop in Brooklyn when the bus driver…
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Fast Forward ‘Torah-less And Reckless’: Haredi Paper Slams Anti-Vaxxers In Yiddish, English
One of the biggest ultra-Orthodox newspapers in the country published an op-ed about the measles outbreak in their community, in which it cited religious mandates to vaccinate children — and took the rare step of translating it into English. Der Yid, the New York-based weekly read by Satmar Hasidim and read by the wider Haredi community,…
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Opinion Why Does The World Hate Haredi Jews?
A recent political ad from Israel compared ultra Orthodox Jews to terrorists. “It makes no difference if one is subjugated by someone with raised weapons,” the ad proclaims, to images of masked, ominous Hamas militiamen with mortars,“or by someone who isn’t prepared to raise a weapon.” Cue shots of a haredi Jew next to a…
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News Why Do Some Ultra-Orthodox Jews Defy Their Rebbes And Refuse Measles Vaccines?
“Minke” used to get her kids vaccinated, though she never felt right about it. The thought of injecting her children with a foreign substance — one that might cause them to run a fever or have an allergic reaction — scared her, even if it might protect them from measles, polio and other life-threatening diseases….
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News Measles Is Hitting Ultra-Orthodox Communities. Why Aren’t They Vaccinating?
The worst measles outbreak in recent New York history is hitting the Hasidic Jewish community due to low vaccination rates. With 55 cases in Brooklyn and 116 in two upstate counties since late September, it is the second time in five years that the community has seen a measles crisis. The previous record outbreak, in…
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Fast Forward Kiryas Joel Secedes From Municipality And Renames Itself ‘Palm Tree’
(JTA) — The Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel in New York became what is said to be the first official haredi Orthodox town in the United States. Kiryas Joel on Jan.1 became the town of Palm Tree when it officially split from the Town of Monroe located in New York’s Orange County, the Times Herald-Record…
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