Ultra-Orthodox rabbis move to ban Facebook, child prostitution and trafficking in Israel, rape and public corruption for an Israeli politician, and a new ultra-Orthodox kosher supervision for…women's clothing.
A leading rabbi-led Israeli Orthodox Zionist organization advocates "death camps" for "Amalekites," Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Israelis think Israel's parliament is too democratic, disgraced rabbi Leib Tropper gets warm welcome in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox community, a riot breaks out during a lecture by an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, an ultra-Orthodox woman was arrested during a family wedding by the FBI, a contaminated kosher dairy is shuttered by New York State, a Jerusalem "modesty squad" leader is sentenced to jail for a viscous assault, and a right wing Israeli organization has decided to give kosher certificates to restaurants that refuse to hire Arabs.
Anxious about legitimacy and impending nuclear war, a new poll shows Israelis also fear that the country's becoming too Jewish. Clearly, black-hatted, payis-sporting members of the ultra-Orthodox get more actio...