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Seven chasidic-owned stores in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, sued by the city for posting signs requesting modest dress by customers, settled this week with the city just prior to trial. The city’s Human Rights Commission dropped its request for $75,000 in collective fines (up from the original fines of under $5,000) in exchange for new modesty signs […]

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In recent months, several incidents, seemingly centered on Israel, sparked reactions nationwide, from both academic institutions and Hillels. I would argue, though, that these incidents have much less to do with Israel than we might think. First, dozens of university presidents and provosts around the country rejected the boycott of Israeli academic institutions recently adopted […]

After two viral videos in which she transformed Miley Cyrus hits into anti-land-for-peace messages, Orit Arfa is reveling in the attention. Never mind that commenters of all stripes have been unkind and savaged her right-wing views. A blogger for Heeb, who uses a profane Hebrew alias, called the first video “stupefyingly awful,” while a pro-Muslim […]

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