Archive for the ‘Ultra Orthodox’ Category

The Growing Influence of the Ultra-Orthodox in Israel By Juliane von Mittelstaedt Einat Keinan / DER SPIEGEL Veiled women, radical rabbis and gender segregation: Israel is facing a rise in the influence of ultra-Orthodox Jews. Their efforts to impose a strictly conservative worldview have led to growing tensions with the country’s secular society. A resolution [...]

Baptising Beck ‎Wednesday, ‎14 ‎September ‎2011, ‏‎5:11:40 PM | Richard Bartholomew Warren Throckmorton has the latest on David Barton and Glenn Beck: David Barton is feeling the criticism from Worldview Weekend founder Brannon Howse. Today, Barton responded to some of those criticisms as he framed them. Howse is particularly concerned that David Barton’s partnership with [...]

A Word About Last Night’s Election Bob Turner won. David Weprin lost. The Republican’s victory is being celebrated as a message sent to President Obama. But is this the message we really want to send? Bob Turner won last night’s special election for Anthony Weiner’s seat in US House of Representatives. Turner is the first [...]