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Breaking News Haredim Protest Jailing of Yeshiva Student Refusing IDF Draft
Hundreds of haredi Orthodox protesters took part in a second day of demonstrations against the jailing of a yeshiva student who refused to present himself at an IDF enlistment center. The yeshiva student was imprisoned on Sunday for two weeks. During Thursday’s demonstrations in Kikar HaShabbat in Jerusalem, protesters set trash bins alight and threw…
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Breaking News Court Orders 14 Children Seized From Canada Ultra-Orthodox Sect
A court in Quebec has ordered 14 children from an extremist haredi Orthodox sect to be placed in foster care and receive psychological support. The children’s parents also were ordered to turn over their passports, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation reported. The parents, members of the Lev Tahor, or Pure Heart, were not present in the…
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Breaking News Ultra-Orthodox Canada ‘Pure Heart’ Sect Ordered Back to Quebec
A judge has ordered members of an extremist haredi Orthodox sect to return to Quebec for a court hearing on allegations of child neglect. The members of Lev Tahor, or Pure Heart, left their homes in Ste. Agathe in Quebec early last week out of fear that Canadian welfare authorities would take their children. The…
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Breaking News Extremist Canadian Ultra-Orthodox Sect Heads to Ontario
Members of an extremist haredi Orthodox cult that fled their Quebec homes out of fear that Canadian welfare authorities would take their children have settled in southwestern Ontario. The Lev Tahor, or Pure Heart, cult left their homes early last week, and were said to be planning to move to Iran. But Canadian media reported…
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News Extremist Haredi Cult Flees Quebec, Planning Move to Iran
Forty families belonging to an extremist haredi Orthodox cult fled their Quebec homes and are planning to go to Iran. Members of the group, called Lev Tahor, or Pure Heart, left their homes on Tuesday out of fear that Canadian welfare authorities would take their children, the Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The paper cited…
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Breaking News Troubled Trial of Sam Kellner Is Delayed — Claimed His Son Was Abused
The troubled bribery and extortion trial of a Brooklyn man who says his son was a victim of child abuse has been delayed — again. Laughter could be heard in the Brooklyn Supreme Court courtroom, November 12, when prosecutor John Holmes said that the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office was still not ready to try the…
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Culture Ex-Hasidic Woman Marks Five Years Since She Shaved Her Head
I remember the first time I felt the cold, prickly air on my newly shaved head. I remember looking in the mirror. I remember staring at the pile of auburn hair in the vanity sink of the cozy basement apartment I now shared with my husband of less than a day. I remember my mother…
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Breaking News Trailblazing Hasidic Woman Wins Montreal Council Seat
A 24-year-old beautician, Mindy Pollak, became the first Hasidic woman to hold public office in Montreal. Pollak, a member of the Vishnitzer sect, defeated four candidates to win her race for the municipal council on Sunday in the Outremont borough. She garnered about 35 percent of the vote in a district that is home to…
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