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The Tale of Aharon Lipner: The Un-Zionist

21-Jan-10

Turkey makes it clear that they are disturbed by Israel, but not THAT disturbed – that is to say, when it comes to the threat of losing money, their attitude changes, fast!
So amidst inter-government turmoil, Turkey is trying to draw in the ultra-Orthodox community.
The sad part is that the Israeli tourism industry is letting the [...]

Filed in Arab World, Daily Israeli, Jewish Life | Also tagged Aharon Lipner, Antalya, Club Kosher, Efraim Kramer, Eshet Tours, glatt koshe, Haredim, IAF, kashrut, Rabbi Moshe Nahshoni, Turkey | Comments (0) »

The New Ultra-Orthodox Zionist

08-Jan-10

2009 saw approximately 2,000 haredi yeshiva students join the IDF or National Service. This is in sharp contrast to the 300 to 400 in 2008.
Most of these ultra-Orthodox men who chose to enlist in the IDF or do national service were older than 25. Most married with children.
The sharp rise may have been a [...]

Filed in Jewish Life | Also tagged Ehud Barak, Haredim, IDF, kolel, Tal law, yeshiva | Comments (0) »

Terror strikes Tel Aviv Gay Community Center

02-Aug-09

Not only is political or nationalistic terrorism a problem, but that against certain interest groups too. A long gunman wearing a mask burst into a central Tel Aviv gay community center late Saturday night, firing an automatic weapon at the crowd of young people who had gathered there. The result left two persons dead [...]

Filed in In the news, Oy Vey | Also tagged David Cohen, Gay, Haredim, Police, Police Chief, Tel Aviv, terror | Comments (0) »

Jerusalem Mayor Gets Death Threats Over Parking Lot

30-Jun-09

Jerusalem secular Mayor Nir Barkat has barely gotten into the routine of presiding over Israel’s capital and second largest city. And now he has had at least two death threats against him via email messages. Being secular, and interested in promoting his city’s tourism business, a big money maker for the country’s most historical and [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli, In the news | Also tagged Jerusalem, Meah Shearim, Nir Barkat, Parking, Yitzhak Rabin | Comments (0) »

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 [...]