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Thessaloniki’s Armenian minority and Jewish past are bound by a shared history of genocide
23 Sep 2025 19:24 GMT
… Despite his deep respect for Judaism and admiration for the modern … the behavior of some haredi Orthodox Jews who have humiliated priests … of the Talmud or the Jewish religion,” he said. “They are … remain a Jew — in the Diaspora.”
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Most Moldovan Jews fled decades ago. Local Jewish life is now fueled by their descendants
23 Sep 2025 15:38 GMT
… needed, said Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish Association.
According … arranging for the passage of haredi Orthodox Jews traveling to Uman — a … about their religion, but probably half of them are Jewish,” she said …
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Tens of thousands of Israeli pilgrims head to Ukraine to mark Jewish new year
22 Sep 2025 00:13 GMT
… Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) for Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish … Shas and United Torah Judaism parties have lobbied Netanyahu … the country.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a … -religious, and 13.5% are secular.
Among those who are Haredi …
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News In Charlie Kirk, Orthodox Jews found a champion — and a wedge By Louis Keene 7 min read
21 Sep 2025 11:12 GMT
… friendship to the Jewish people.” A Chabad rabbi called Kirk “the … not only among American Jews, but about them. … social positions, rooted in religious ideology and aesthetics, where … Judaism into Christianity and exclude Islam.
But Eli Steinberg, a Haredi …
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'They claimed I'm Mossad': The scary story of the Turkish woman stuck in Israel
23 Sep 2025 09:26 GMT
… news was just like, 'Jews are torturing the Muslims,… knowledge of Judaism, admitting that when she first saw Haredi people at …
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Annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage in Ukraine is clouded by arrests of yeshiva students in Israel
22 Sep 2025 21:45 GMT
… of Jewish pilgrims descend on Uman to visit the tomb of Rabbi … for the IDF to incorporate haredi Jews into the military — and … in which both secular and religious needs are sustained.
“We … government that would like for religious people to just disappear and …
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Parents, advocates sue New York over rollback of yeshiva education standards
22 Sep 2025 13:33 GMT
… for religious schools and denying tens of thousands of Hasidic and Haredi … school students, including those at religious schools, receive an education “substantially … children, including those in nonpublic religious schools, are provided the opportunity …
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Beyond Uman: Hasidic pilgrimages for Rosh Hashanah around the world
19 Sep 2025 03:09 GMT
… and the Rosh Hashanah phenomenon
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, who … some young Hasidim face between religious devotion and worldly obligations. … Uman on Rosh Hashanah,” says Haredi journalist Israel Cohen. “But … , there’s a vibrant Jewish community, with hotels and …
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Rebuilding Lives with Dignity: Ogen’s Lifeline for Israelis in Crisis
19 Sep 2025 00:57 GMT
… of Israeli society – Jewish and Arab, secular and religious, new immigrants and … Mevo Horon, Loti in the Haredi sector, and tens of thousands …
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A new documentary shows what it looks like when Hasidic education fails
18 Sep 2025 18:14 GMT
… publicly critical of the religious schools are providing fodder … how Jewish parents educate their children been beneficial?” the rabbi … leaders of a theocratic religious community dictate educational policy. … he’d love for Haredi Jews to see his documentary …