Jerusalem police clash with ultra-Orthodox locals defending hazardous sukkah
Cops leave after meeting resistance and securing agreement for community members to take down holiday hut sitting atop scaffolding
View ArticleAmid scuffles with police, hazardous sukkah taken down in Jerusalem
Cops assist municipal authorities in taking apart structure balanced high atop scaffolding in ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood
View ArticleFather arrested after 5-year-old found walking alone in Jerusalem cold
Boy turned over to grandmother after spotted by social worker in Mea Shearim; group, including father, scuffles with police to keep child from being taken
View ArticleOn the cholent-and-kugel trail with tours of the Haredi ’tisch’
Jerusalem tour guides offer glimpses of the ultra-Orthodox world, with tables full of traditional Sabbath fare
View ArticleMea Shearim residents riot after police arrest suspect in torching of...
Dozens in Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhood vandalize vehicles, block roads and set fire to trash cans; cops dispatched to evacuate bus driver who made wrong turn into enclave The post Mea Shearim...
View ArticleCondemnation pours in after woman seriously hurt by Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox...
Outgoing PM Lapid, PM-designate Netanyahu, urge authorities to harshly punish perpetrators, as passerby, a mother of 10, hit by burning trash bin and hospitalized The post Condemnation pours in after...
View ArticleClip shows moment burning dumpster pushed by ultra-Orthodox rioters hits...
40-year-old mother of 10 still hospitalized in serious condition; police issue gag order on investigation into incident; nephew blames 'anarchists' dressed as Haredim The post Clip shows moment burning...
View ArticleFamily of woman injured in Haredi protest defends culprits: ‘They didn’t mean...
Relatives of Mirel Dzalovsky, who remains unconscious and on a ventilator, say those using incident to advance their agenda are 'fanning the flames of hate' The post Family of woman injured in Haredi...
View ArticlePoliticians fume as ultra-Orthodox neighborhood grocery found setting...
Though it began under their tenure, Lapid and Liberman tie Jerusalem store's policy to incoming government's plan to permit gender-segregation in public spaces The post Politicians fume as...
View ArticleHaredi man whose arrest sparked riot indicted for arson of Jerusalem...
Yehoshua Dadon also charged with extortion by threats and obstruction of justice over torching of shop that sells 'non-kosher' phones The post Haredi man whose arrest sparked riot indicted for arson of...
View ArticlePolice arrest suspect over blazing dumpster that injured mother during Haredi...
Suspect from Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, where anti-police riot two weeks ago led to Mirel Dzalovsky being hospitalized; she remains in serious but stable condition The post Police arrest suspect over...
View ArticleHaredi suspect in serious injury of woman at protest says he’s ‘proud’ to be...
In letter displayed on posters around capital's Mea Shearim neighborhood, Meir Kazav asks to be moved to a cell without a television to avoid being drawn into sin The post Haredi suspect in serious...
View ArticleJerusalem police confiscate Palestinian flags, anti-Zionist posters in Haredi...
Residents of Mea Shearim neighborhood hurl eggs at officers as they work; posters in Hebrew, English, and Arabic bore messages including 'Jews are not Zionists' The post Jerusalem police confiscate...
View ArticleSwastikas sprayed over Israeli flag logo on ambulances in Haredi Jerusalem...
After responding to call in Mea Shearim, paramedics return to vehicle to find graffiti; Magen David Adom head decries 'shocking incident that has no place in our society' The post Swastikas sprayed...
View ArticleAs prices rise, Haredi Jerusalemites line shops — and soup kitchens — ahead...
Despite rampant poverty in Mea Shearim neighborhood and a 5% rise in Passover food costs, demand for high-end goods is high, but so is reliance on charity The post As prices rise, Haredi Jerusalemites...
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