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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
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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