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Fast Forward Hasidic Winemaker Hopes To Sell Ultra-Orthodox On $100 Bordeaux
Yossi Izakovitch is betting that he can convince ultra-Orthodox Jews that his Bordeaux-style blend is good enough to justify its $100 price tag — and its $93 price differential with Manischewitz. Since its first vintage in 2011, Izakovitch’s Jerusalem winery, Metzuda, has gone from selling 1,500 bottles to 25,000 bottles last year. “Wine is not…
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Fast Forward London Ultra-Orthodox School Cited For Mixing Boys And Staff Bathrooms
A private ultra-Orthodox boys’ school in north London failed an official inspection last week after inspectors cited the school for putting students “at risk,” The Independent reported. Yesodey Hatorah School, an “independent” school in the largely ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Stamford Hill, is the second private Jewish school in London to receive official citations in recent…
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Fast Forward Controversial Ritual Bath in Ultra-Orthodox Town Vandalized
A ritual bath under construction in the Hasidic development in Bloomingburg has allegedly been defaced with Nazi imagery. According to Lonnie Soury, a spokesman for the Town of Mamakating, where Bloomingburg is located, the Anti-Defamation League received reports about the hateful graffiti from the builders of the mikveh. The ADL was not immediately reachable for…
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Fast Forward British Ultra-Orthodox School Cited For Lack of Gay Curriculum
An ultra-Orthodox girls school in London failed a government inspection. The reason? The school continues to not teach LGBT awareness. “This restricts pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and does not promote equality of opportunity in ways that take account of differing lifestyles,” inspectors reported. Vishnitz Girls School has 212 pupils aged three to…
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Israel News American Jews Are Furious About The Western Wall — But What Can They Do?
American Jewish leaders are typically thrilled to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and equally happy to host Israeli lawmakers at home. Not this week. On Monday, an angry Steven Nasatir, president of Chicago’s Jewish federation, left Netanyahu’s office feeling angry and vowing that his community would be assembling a blacklist of those Israeli…
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Fast Forward Facebook Rant About Ultra-Orthodox Women Lands Nurse In Hot Water
A nurse at an upstate New York hospital who blasted ultra-Orthodox women in a Facebook post last week is coming under attack for the rant. “They hide behind their religion!” Deborah Rosario, who works at Nyack Hospital in Nyack, New York, posted on Facebook. “I’m tired of my tax dollars paying for their 13 children!!!!”…
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Fast Forward Meet the Ultra-Orthodox Woman Whose Start Up Sells Bras Online
When Orit Hashay began raising money for a start-up selling bras online, she found that many potential investors were concerned with one thing: the fact that she was pregnant. “While the investors liked my ideas, they seemed preoccupied with the prospect of me becoming a mother and how it might change my priorities,” Hashay told…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Mob Pelts Israeli Police With Stones
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Haredi Orthodox Jews pelted police with stones, eggs and other objects while the officers tried to remove three Israeli soldiers who were being verbally attacked at evening services in Jerusalem. The three soldiers were in uniform when they entered the synagogue in the haredi Mea Shearim neighborhood on Wednesday night. Residents surrounded…
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