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 [...]
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Jewish ‘Taliban’ On The Rise | Turning Tel Aviv Into ‘Teheran’
Posted: January 18, 2012 in Jewish Taliban, Religious Kooks, Ultra OrthodoxTags: Beit Shemesh, Benjamin Netanyahu, Haredi Judaism, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Taliban, Jews, Middle East, Orthodox Jews, Sex segregation
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