Haredi
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Culture In a universe of rigid rules and unsanctioned passions, everyone’s a heretic
Jay Michaelson rewrote his debut short story collection — multiple times — before deciding it was ready to enter the world
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Yiddish World The filmmaker who challenged his Haredi community’s prejudices
Menachem Daum believed that reaching out to Poles and other non-Jews was part of his holy work in creating a better world
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Opinion Some Israeli Haredim are joining the IDF. Can secular Jews get along with them?
The current war can help secular Jews understand that the Haredim are not the threat they’re often made out to be
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News How the Israel-Hamas war exposed a rift in Haredi Orthodox Judaism
Some Haredi leaders disparaged the DC rally for Israel. The backlash has been fierce
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News ‘Awakening of unity’: Hamas attack, war spark outpouring of support for Israel in haredi communities
“The outrage and sheer brutality of the October 7th attacks has united the Jewish community in common cause in a way I personally have never seen before,” said one community leader
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News Are Haredi Jews in the IDF the new normal?
‘Sitting at home is the worst thing you can do in these times,’ said Ari Goldberg, a Haredi reservist who joined the IDF last month
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Culture What is Neturei Karta, the Orthodox group at all the pro-Palestinian protests?
The fringe Haredi sect is staunchly anti-Zionist, but far from beloved by other Jews
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Fast Forward Thousands of Haredi men volunteer to serve in Israeli army amid war in Gaza
The group generally avoids military service, but has signed up for duty in the wake of historic attack
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