Mea Shearim

Hundreds of haredi Orthodox in Israel set bonfires despite national ban

Videos and photos from the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem showed large crowds singing and dancing around bonfires in honor of the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer.

By Marcy Oster May 12, 2020 12:06 pm

Israeli grandmother gives birth to her 20th child

It was the 42-year-old woman’s 19th delivery – her 18th was a set of twins.

December 21, 2017 2:09 pm

Haredi Orthodox mob in Jerusalem pelts Israeli police with stones, calls soldiers Nazis

The police had come to remove three soldiers who were being verbally attacked at evening services in the Mea Shearim neighborhood.

June 22, 2017 1:07 pm

Signs tell haredi Orthodox IDF inductees to kill female soldiers

June 1, 2017 9:46 am

Effigies of haredi Orthodox soldiers hanged in Jerusalem neighborhood

March 13, 2017 3:42 pm

Haredi soldier attacked by haredim in Mea Shearim

July 9, 2013 4:42 pm

Mea Shearim residents attack haredi Orthodox soldiers

May 20, 2013 9:12 am

State Dept. advising modest dress in some Jerusalem neighborhoods

By Marcy Oster February 7, 2012 1:04 pm

Ideas

Op-Ed: Haredi leaders must speak out against zealots

By Yehuda Meshi-Zahav January 30, 2012 7:42 pm

Haredi Orthodox demonstrate in Jerusalem over arrests

By Marcy Oster January 15, 2012 6:19 pm

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