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Kosher Nostra plea
Losing her religion - and her children
Student expelled from ultra-Orthodox school for loss of faith
Standoff at Western Wall Over Praying by Women
Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
3 Ultra-Orthodox Men Arrested in Confrontation at Western Wall
Leaving the fold in search of a besser life
Sephardi chief rabbi blames 'devil' for plan to enlist ultra-Orthodox
Culture War in Israel Targets Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Inspectors find tax evasion rife in ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood
Ultra-orthodox Jewish village in New York builds children's playground where genders are strictly segregated
The Outreach Revolution
Jewish Infant Gets Herpes From Controversial Orthodox Circumcision Rite
As NY haredi Orthodox population surges, battles over city neighborhoods ensue
New York City suing ultra-Orthodox for posting modesty guidelines in stores
British Rabbi Ephraim Padwa Filmed Telling Alleged Sex Abuse Victim Not To Go To Police
Therapist Sentenced to 103 Years for Child Sexual Abuse
Balabustas about town: Ultra-Orthodox women wigging out in Jerusalem
Chemical thrown at NYC rabbi who aides child sex abuse victims in ultra-Orthodox community
Rabbi who refused to testify freed after seven months in prison
NY Orthodox counsellor convicted of sex abuse; accuser says she was molested from age 12
Haredi draft exemption stirs political uproar
At Orthodox Sex-Abuse Trial, Little-Known Enforcement Group Comes to Light
Hasidic Man Denies Abuse of Young Girl He Counseled
Accuser in Orthodox Abuse Trial Testified out of 'Responsibility'
Photos of Accuser on Stand Disrupt Sexual Abuse Trial
Unemployment rates equal among Ultra-Orthodox and uneducated secular Israelis
Ultra-Orthodox pupils in Israel score poorly on scholastic achievement test
Girl joins haredi sect, parents arrested
Circumcision Rite Goes Unregulated Outside New York
Father has no 'sacred right' over education of children, rules judge
Israeli ultra-Orthodox rabbi orders followers to burn their iPhones
Haredi women attack 'immodest' women
Ultra-orthodox Jewish mother wins right to send children to mainstream school
Brooklyn Rabbi and His Brother Plead Guilty in Section 8 Fraud
Despite baby dying after getting herpes, Orthodox rabbis say they’ll defy law on ancient circumcision ritual
Blurring Glasses Blind Ultra-Orthodox Men to Immodestly Dressed Women
Israel to end draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox
Hasidic child sex abuse allegations
Liberal Jewish groups begin to make inroads against Orthodox establishment in Israel
Hebrew billboard urges drivers to look away from ‘dangerous’ New York
Aided by Orthodox, City’s Jewish Population Is Growing Again
Forbes presents: The richest rabbis in Israel
In largest ultra-orthodox Jewish community in NYC, sex abuse victims don't often come forward
CDC: 11 infants contracted herpes due to controversial Jewish circumcision practice
Book Talk: Author explores Jewish sect she left
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally to Discuss Risks of Internet
Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
5 nabbed for alleged involvement in yeshiva fraud
Haredi kids' paper shuns Israeli flag
'Modesty Guard' demands Jerusalem woman leave ultra-Orthodox neighborhood
Mass Rally of 'Jews Against the Internet' to Pack Shea Stadium in May
Psychiatric drugs become talk of the ultra-Orthodox community
My journey to freedom: Escaping an arranged ultra-Orthodox Jewish marriage
Brooklyn DA accused of failing to tackle Orthodox Jews' cover-up of sex abuse
Students at all-girls Jewish school in Brooklyn face $100 fine for using Facebook
Ultra-Orthodox Jews increasingly refuse to sit near women on El Al flights
Jerusalem police arrest four ultra-Orthodox men in fake kollel scam
Orthodox rabbi ordered jailed for refusing to testify
Leader of ultra-Orthodox dynasty dies in Israel
Baby Dies of Herpes in Ritual Circumcision By Orthodox Jews
Leading double life in ultra-Orthodox world
Bank of Israel reports 7% more Haredi men working than two years ago
After 50 years, feud between two ultra-Orthodox dynasties is quietly resolved
Israeli ultra-Orthodox say they won't be drafted
Holy smokes! Rabbi in cig-tax bust
Israeli ultra-Orthodox, in rare show of unity, say they won’t be drafted
Israel’s top court scraps the draft exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews
Israel's ultra-Orthodox fear leadership vacuum as top rabbi's health deteriorates
For members of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Gur sect, sex is a sin
Study: Haredi middle class emerging
Plea averts trial in NY Hasidic firebombing case
Sexual assault at 12, married at 17, divorced at 23: One woman's explosive revelations of life in an ultra-conservative Hasidic household
Ex-haredim to sue State for damages
Gur Hasidim and sexual separation
Bank Chief: Ultra-Orthodox Must Start Working
Haredi press blurs little girls' faces
Haredi Groups Get Cash From Satmars and Kosher Certification
Natalie Mashiach hit with stone in Beit Shemesh when zealots vandalize her car.
IDF personnel chief: All Israelis including ultra-Orthodox should serve in military
Jerusalem Police District chief starts cracking down on ultra-Orthodox lawbreakers
Riots erupt after ultra-Orthodox leaders arrested over tax fraud
The leadership vacuum facing ultra-Orthodox Jewry
The Growing Influence of the Ultra-Orthodox in Israel
Women silenced at Israeli ultra-orthodox gynaecology talk
In Jerusalem, women are voiceless at a decidedly womanly event
Ultra-religious schools test Israel's high-tech future
Matisyahu shaves, quits Chasidic rap industry
Haredi sex abuse scandal revealed in NY
New statistics project ultra-Orthodox Jewish population will more than triple in Israel
Israel treasury suspends yeshiva inspections over ultra-Orthodox protests
Top Israeli rabbi: Segregated buses not Jewish law
When 'modest' becomes extreme
When women and girls are the enemy
The ultra-Orthodox are changing the face of the IDF
Ultra-orthodox Haredi Jews gather at the gates of a local girls school, screaming abuse
Bloomberg outraged at ultra-orthodox Jewish bus where women are told to sit at the back
Ultra-strict Jewish sect trashes ice cream parlour claiming licking cones in public promotes promiscuity
Jewish religious zealots attack “immodest” Jerusalem shops
The ups and downs of an increasingly ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem
Seminary refuses to admit Sephardic girls
Israeli sociologist explores the Haredi community
Jewish sect girls ordered back to Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish 'Facebook' separates the sexes
Rabbi's refusal to testify could send him back to jail
Beit Shemesh: Haredi-religious war escalates
Secular residents worry about Haifa neighborhood turning into 'another Bnei Brak'
Haredi community thwarts school for Beit Shemesh girls
Illegal ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem slaughterhouse back in operation
Sephardi girls not being placed in Haredi schools
Areleh Harel: The Orthodox Rabbi Helping Gay Men Marry Lesbians
Cult leader allegedly imposed punishments on women
Young woman recounts her escape from Israeli cult
Police disclose alleged abusive cult busted in Jerusalem, Tiberias
Abusive cult suspects indicted
Survey: one in five yeshiva students works illegally
Neighbor shocked at polygamous Breslover’s arrest
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Jerusalem gay march
Six police officers hurt in clashes with ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem
Women banned from economic conference
How many children is enough?
Reporters change an insular Jewish world
Separate tables
Burn victim hands rabbi $18m lawsuit
New Hasidic Radicals Bellow Down Tel Aviv's Streets
10,000 yeshiva students allegedly defraud Education Ministry
New Square: Where Tradition And the Rebbe Rule
Ultra-Orthodox Group Affirms Abuse Cases Go First To Rabbi
Grand rebbe's word is law in New Square
Hasidic burn victim wants US, NY to investigate
No school for 180 Sephardic girls
Suing for their freedom
Wave of vandalism hits non-Orthodox synagogues anew
Four surveys yield different totals for Haredi population
A Village With the Numbers, Not the Image, of the Poorest Place
Jobless ultra-Orthodox weigh on Israel's economy
Haredi rabbis: Don't volunteer in MDA
Haredim study more, work less
Secular neighborhoods unite to counter ultra-Orthodox takeover
The new Israeli barrier: a fence that splits Jewish nursery in two
New kids on the block
Gay Israeli support group promotes 'conversion therapy'
Devout and proud
Haredi ads: Internet causes cancer
'Taliban women': A cover story
New start-up: Kosher clothing stores
Kosher version of Youtube hits Web
Activists protest haredi draft dodging
In rise of ultra-Orthodox, challenges for Israel
Tel Aviv Mayor under fire over city's first sex-segregated concert
Most haredim prefer living separately
Israeli court gives green light to "modesty buses"
Rabbi says women should not drive
Orthodox Blog Banned
Some Israelis Question Benefits for Ultra-Religious
IDF chief: We are in favor of incorporating Haredis into the military
Cabinet postpones discussion on bill excusing ultra-Orthodox from IDF service
2010 army figures show 25% jump in Haredi enlistment
IDF converts win ministerial backing, despite Haredi opposition
Police: Haredi ID fraud spanned years
Police bust Haredi sect suspected of forging ID cards to get more state money
Army converts are latest to be dragged into Israel's conversion wars
In Israel, When Is A Jew Not Jewish Enough?
Police: Attempts to recruit haredim unsuccessful
More than half of Israel's ultra-Orthodox living in poverty
Israeli Jews at odds with liberal brethren in US
Ultra-Orthodox and online
Minister backs segregated haredi housing
Schools, Stipends Trigger Israeli Religious Battle
'Only 2 haredim for every 500 jobs'
Haredi university students to jobless Ultra Orthodox: "Yeshiva heads killing your future!"
Yosef: Gentiles exist only to serve Jews
IDF to draft 30 percent of yeshiva students by 2015
Haredi extremists versus visitors - women are not invited
The new Haredim / Educated, surfing soldiers
IDF to draft 30 percent of yeshiva students by 2015
Haredi MK: We'll stop paying taxes
Israel Internet Blackout? Israeli Government Shuts Down Online Banking Services
Belgian report: 100s come forward on church abuse
This year in Uman: Hasids don 'veils' en route to Rabbi Nachman's tomb
Haredim caught defacing non-kosher deli
Hot and heavy
Living in ultra-Orthodox closet
Jewish hardliners crack down on fun in Israel
68% of Israelis opposed to draft exemption for haredim
Shlomo Dichovsky chosen to head rabbinical courts, temporarily
Jewish hardliners crack down on fun in Israel
Specially designated buildings for haredim in Tel Aviv?
Israel: Putting Orthodox Males to Work
Israel Prosperity Seen Unsustainable as Haredim Refuse to Work
Haredi teachers fail general knowledge test
Israeli court overturns ultra-Orthodox jail sentences
Rabbis on Emanuel: Withdraw the Lawsuit, Integrate the School
The Jewish Religious Conflict Tearing at Israel
Assessor says 50 properties in Kiryas Joel likely to go on tax roll
Percent of non-working Haredi men tripled in space of 30 years
Religious school accused of contempt of court
Haredim try breaking into restaurant selling chametz
Anti-draft dodgers rally in haredi stronghold
Women of the Wall challenge Israeli laws
Gay and Jewish in Brooklyn
Hundreds cry 'Jerusalem is not Tehran' in protest over gender segregation on buses in Haredi areas
The Curse That Rocked Great Neck
Where rebellious sons (and daughters) go
Longest-serving 'chained wife' finally breaks free after 48 years
Escape from Israel's Ultra-Orthodox
Women of the Wall: Worshippers called us Nazis
GTA rabbis protest arrests of women at Kotel
The impending haredi implosion
Rabbi to the Rescue: Menachem Youlus is called the Indiana Jones of Torah recovery and restoration. But there are doubts about his thrilling tales
Internal haredi crisis: Lithuanians against Sephardim
Ultra-Orthodox seek boycott of their own Web sites
Shabbat war: Haredim vs. gas station shops
Israeli ultra-orthodox rail against net use
High cost of leaving ultra-orthodox Judaism
Haredi media calls on its own to question rash of child abuse cases
A Muckraking Blogger Focuses on Jews
Mother of victims files for divorce from 'Rabbi' Elior Chen
Rabbi seeks sex-segregated bus line in Tiberias
Another U.S. kosher slaughterhouse, another closure
Jewish women arrested and insulted for praying at holy site
Rabbi Sentenced Two Years for Tax Fraud
Haredim stone police in Jerusalem
Indictment against Chen: Shook, beat, fed children feces
Haredi urges: Give a year of your lives to save ailing rabbi
Furor over rite confounds butcher
Religious-Secular Divide, Tugging at Israel's Heart
Haredim stone police car in Jerusalem
Five police officers hurt as Haredi riots renew in Jerusalem
Largest Outreach Effort for Alums Of Birthright Raises Concerns
Hasidic sect fined $19K for girls-camp violations
Sect evacuates former resort in Spring Glen
Police Extricate Barkat from Extremist Attack
A turf war heats up in Tel Aviv
'Child-starving' mom indicted in Jerusalem
Gay vs. Orthodox: A Deadly Turn in Israel's Culture War?
NY-based rabbi pleads guilty in LA fraud case
Hasidic sect still occupies former Homowack Lodge
Litzman: Probe 'starving mom' case
Hadassah asks to move child to avoid boycott by Haredim
Jerusalem court convicts 'Taliban mother' of child abuse
Social workers try to restore haredi trust after riots
Workers evacuated amid Jerusalem riots
Barkat closes Jerusalem welfare offices amid haredi riots
Brazil denies asylum to Israeli suspected of child abuse
3 ultra-Orthodox stabbed in clash with seculars in Jerusalem
Blessed be the shtreimel makers, despite fur fury
Jerusalem expects unprecedented calm at Pride Parade
Lavish NYC jailhouse bar mitzvah not so kosher
Spinka Rabbi Sentenced to 24 Months
Shame of Sexual Abuse Among Believers
Leaving the Fold: Film explores Orthodox Jews who leave family's repressive 'fold'
Overview: Hasidic Judaism
Abuse Scandal Plagues Hasidic Jews In Brooklyn
Dad 'lost it' in beating of boy, 13, say cops
Fake Rabbi Accused of Having Sex with Minors
Analysis: What can rabbis do?
Member of 'modesty squad' indicted
A small town struggles after immigration raid
Surf's up - but it's kosher!
Man to plead guilty in tax fraud scheme involving Orthodox Jewish group
The First Hasidic Candidate for City Council is a Rebel in His Own Sect
Rabbi and banker plead guilty in tax-evasion scam
Thousands Attend Jerusalem Pride
Fugitive suspected child abuser's kids removed from wife's custody
Orthodox group quietly plans new village
Mother in 'cult abuse' case ordered held until end of trial
Israel issues international warrant against sect leader suspected of child abuse
Outreach Group Draws Concern
Measure Would Bar Gay Pride In Jerusalem
Haredi leadership opens men-only driving lessons
Court rules alleged U.S. pedophile Mondrowitz must stay in custody
Bail Set In Orthodox Jew Money Laundering Case
Rabbi indicted in tax fraud and money laundering scheme in LA
A Display of Disapproval That Turned Menacing
Haredi dominance of Beit Shemesh 'is only matter of time'
Top court upholds rulings on Satmar Hasidic sect assets
First Cuts Made To Israel Program
Hasidic sect challenges restriction on synagogue
A Hasidic sect discovers democracy
Satmar rebbe mourns Temple, flaunts power over Zionists
Satmar rebbe to inaugurate housing project on ruins of Edison Cinema
The house of Satmar
Militant Jewish Sect Battle Police Over Gay Pride Arrests
The Temple Mount can wait
Explosive Growth Since 2000 in State's Hasidic Enclaves
Jerusalem Anti-Gay Demonstration Turns Violent
Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Group Launches "Kosher Internet"
Messiah in all but name
'Thrift' is buzzword at Ger grandson's wedding
Bill handcuffs Chabad's tefillin campaign
Potential ultra-Orthodox boycott threatens to cripple El Al airlines
Jerusalem: Police raid haredi printing house
Younger Teitelbaum wins control of sect
Hasidic Rabbi's Sons Fight Over $500 Million Religious Empire
Mystical sage, son to be probed for suspected racist incitement
NYC warns against oral circumcisions
Confrontation at synagogue turns ugly
City Questions Circumcision Ritual After Baby Dies
Rift Widens on Rebbe Successor
Credit card 'bars Sabbath buying'
Ruling Leaves Younger Son in Control of Hasidic Sect
Hasidic enclave has growing pains in suburbia
Losing their religion
Rabbi convicted of child kidnapping claims "persecution" and seeks protection in Canada
Zionist Yemenite families struggle to escape Satmars
Court says who's a Jew
Hasidic Jews to be indicted for visiting Joseph's Tomb
Israeli Hareidi Schools Grow
Losing my religion
An Un-Orthodox Divorce
Control at heart of struggle
Jews seeking mystical revival
A slow exit from the status of a Torah scholar
In a state over Israel
Satmar Sibling Rivalry Hurting Them All
The Heir Unapparent
A Paradoxical Legacy: Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's Shadow Side
An Overview of the Baalei Teshuvah Movement
Following Up: Overcoming Tug of War of His Family and Rabbi
Rabbis visiting Iran say brethren duped by Israel
Women who read Torah at Wall can be jailed
'Rabbi's assailant is leader of cult'
Barak's coalition survives crisis over "Satan" tirade by religious leader
Laying Claim to Jerusalem
Ultra-Orthodox rabbis ban Internet use because of fear of being led into the profane
New Twists In 'Crazy' Custody Case
'They Say Ugly Things About Us'
As increasing numbers of ultra-Orthodox Jews leave the fold, the government is offering to help
Estranged from his sibling for years, a NEWSWEEK writer explores in an upcoming book why his brother took refuge in a new world: the ultra-Orthodox fringes of Judaism
Libel Suit Against Hasidic Group OK'd
Hasidic Public School Loses Again Before U.S. Supreme Court, but Supporters Persist
Court Refuses N.Y. School Attempt
For Cloistered Jews, a Lesson in Social Work
The Pain of One Jewish Mother--a cautionary personal story
The Korach Rebellion of the "Yale Five"
Immodest dress attacked in Israel (Ultra-Orthodox clash with secular women)
FOCUS-Abuse hurled at Reform rabbis at Western Wall
Police prepare for possible violence at Israel rallies
Unorthodox prayers draw Orthodox anger at Wailing Wall


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