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Sitting Shiva in Shame?

17-Feb-10

Rabbi Menachem Froman of the community of Tekoa sparked a controversy during a TV program when he told a young religious lesbian woman who claimed that her parents had disowned her and her partner on Shabbat,
“I’m willing to talk with your parents. Give me the address, I’ll talk and tell them ‘parents, come [...]

Filed in Jewish Life | Also tagged Havruta, Israeli Educational Television, Rabbi Dr. Benny Lau, Rabbi Menachem Froman, shiva, Torah, Ynet, Zionism | Comments (0) »

More Clashing of Worlds in Jerusalem

19-Nov-09

Despite some violence and 1,500 ultra-Orthodox protesters, shouting”Shabes! Shabes!” Intel Corp. says that it has no plans of closing down their chip making factory in the industrial zone of Har Hotzvim on Shabbat.
The protests were sparked by Intel’s opening of a new facility near the ultra-orthodox area; the company has operated on Saturday’s for [...]

Filed in Business, Daily Israeli, Oy Vey | Also tagged Haredim, Hareidi Law, Intel, Jerusalem, Jewish Law, Meah Shearim, Nir Barkat | Comments (1) »

Haredim Clash with Police in Jerusalem

11-Jun-09

In what appears to be the worst outburst of ultra-orthodox Jewish violence in Jerusalem in nearly two years, thousands of the city’s Haredim community took to the streets on Saturday to clash with police over the opening of a parking lot by the city municipality to give visitors a place to park their cars while [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli | Also tagged Haredim, Jerusalem, Meah Shearim, Nir Barkat, Police, secular, Ultra Orthodox, Violence | Comments (0) »

Israeli Maccabiah games

15-Jul-05

The 17th Maccabiah games (AKA. Jewish Olympics) started this week, an event that happens every 4 years. Over 7,000 athletes from 55 countries will participate in the events. The ceremony was impressive, big, colorful and uniquely Israeli, a real world class events with a reported 30,000 in attendance. Run loosely along Olympic guidelines, the 11-day [...]