Tag: charedi
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Best pictures from the anti-draft rally in New York
There were dozens of great pictures from the rallies protesting the IDF draft, here are a few of them. If we teach our kinder…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
10 best tznius posters and letters
I'm not exactly sure when certian people in the frum community decided to make tznius into the cause of all the calamities that befall…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Finally a Charedi Rabbi we can all respect
It's rough out there in Charedi land, too many Rabbonom get mixed up in affairs they shouldn't be involved in and end up being…
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Jewish Life
There’s no such thing as a Haredi Feminist
There was an article on Haaretz about a supposedly Haredi (Charedi) feminist who is trying to make it so women can be elected to…
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Yeshivish
How badly did you treat your secular teachers in yeshiva?
The secular teachers in yeshiva get the short end of the stick, many schools, including mine weren't too great in their care for the…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Dear Heshy: Why do you hate Charedim so much?
Dear Heshy, As a long time reader, I think I know you pretty well and I've been wondering why you hate Charedim so much.…
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Israel
Charedi Snowman in Jerusalem
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Israel
Why you should care about the Charedim
It used to be that whenever I made fun of the Charedim (the one's in Israel who start riots when the parking lot is…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Charedi technology to fight the war on pritzus
Now that we have blurry glasses, kosher phones and internet chavrusas to aid in the war on pritzus I was wondering what other technological…
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Israel
Is this Antisemitic or just the facts we don’t want to hear?
This is a video about the growing problem of Charedi extremism in Israel, it's an acknowledged problem by most orthodox Jews, but have you…
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Food & Kashrus
Rabbis in Israel force restaurant without mechitzas to close
Charedi Rabbis in Israel, backed by Agudath Israel have decided that certain restaurants without mechitza's who serve women should lose their hashgacha. Warm Eating,…
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Jewish Life
An interesting look at what a Charedi newspaper censors
I have always been curious about how the editors censor articles at Charedi publications. I'm pretty sure that anyone trying to write for the…
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Israel
What really happens on mehadrin buses!
Someone posted this on facebook with the following question: What can we learn from this photo? Now that you've had a chance to digest…
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Israel
Anti-segregationists target synagogues
Dear Heshy, I write to you from Israel - this is my view as a religious person who is deeply disturbed by the growing…
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Israel
Charedi Bus segregation is a chillul Hashem
Thw following article is not a joke, it was actually published in all seriousness... Amidst all the controversy pertaining to mehadrin bus lines at…
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Jewish Life
Ultra-Orthodox Facebook is a big hit with frum gays
In an effort to stem the temptation of mingling between the sexes, ultra orthodox Jews have created FaceGlat, the worlds first kosher social networking…
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Israel
Center for Haredi Phobia opens in Israel
The Center for Haredi Phobia opened in Israelthe other day, the center will offer unique programs to change the minds of those who fear…
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Jewish Life
My response to Rabbi Steven Pruzansky’s article on Orthopraxy
There’s been a lot of talk in the Jewish Blogging world about the following article written by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in this past weeks…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
Study shows Haredi men to be in superior health
In a shocking new study, researchers have found that Haredi men tend to be in better shape than Modern Orthodox men. The study which…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Unpious Blog: Chassidic Rebels with a cause
If you take a tour around the Jewish Blogging world you will find countless blogs written by the chassidic fringe about their experience of…
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Israel
Kipah Sruga Burning in Bnei Brak
Thousands of Charedim gathered today to protest a new Hesder Yeshiva being build within the city limits of Bnei Brak. They burnt dumpsters filled…