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The Rise of Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox (Ctd.)

The Daily Telegraph reports on another dismal chapter in the rise of Israel’s ultra orthodox: An Israeli activist who defied orthodox Jewish custom by leading a group of women in open prayer at Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall has been told to … Continue reading

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The Rise of Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox (ctd.)

Via the Daily Telegraph, here’s just another story that gives some clues of the unfortunate direction in which the rise of the Ultra-Orthodox may be taking Israel: Over the past week, fierce forest fires have devastated large swathes of Israel, … Continue reading

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“Ultra-Orthodox Welfare Kings”

The problem that the Ultra-Orthodox pose for Israel is not a new topic, either here or elsewhere, but this WSJ piece by Evan Goldstein is worth reading, not least for the insight into the way that welfare handouts have (for … Continue reading

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The Rise of the Orthodox

Via The Economist: Just 42% of adult Israeli Jews define themselves as secular, according to recent official figures. The rest range from mildly to devoutly religious. And because the most religious seem to have the most children, the secular figure … Continue reading

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Burqamania!

Via the Daily Telegraph, a story that is fascinating on quite a number of levels. Here’s the key extract: Israeli rabbis are to clamp down on the growing number of devout Jewish women wearing the burka by declaring the garment … Continue reading

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Israel’s Fundamentalist Problem (ctd.)

More on this topic, this time via the Jerusalem Post (June 7, 2010): Hundreds of haredim were involved in violent riots in Jaffa on Wednesday, in Rehov Louis Pasteur around the site of an archeological dig.  Fifteen haredim were arrested. … Continue reading

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The Rise of Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox

There was an interesting piece in Saturday’s Financial Times on how the rise in Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox population is a source of increasing tension within the country. Here’s a key extract Once a tiny minority, the community today accounts for at least 8 … Continue reading

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Protestants like Israel; Midwesterners not so much

At The American Scene there’s a post about WASPs and their relationship to Israel. Of course, that begs the question, what do you mean by WASP? WASP = White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, but that is a plain and broad-church definition which … Continue reading

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Israel, gentile & Jews

A good point in regards to attitudes toward Israel and anti-Semitism broadly understood was brought up in the post below. How about attitudes toward Israel as a function of politics?

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