Israel’s chief rabbis embrace friendlier approach to marriage, but is it enough? Critics of Israel's haredi Orthodox monopoly over their Jewish lives seek more than a helping hand with the bureaucracy.
Israel’s Junior Mr. Universe credits Orthodox upbringing for success Kobi Ifrach no longer prays three times a day nor follows all the Jewish dietary laws, abiding instead by the strictures of bodybuilding.
Hasidic Jew found guilty in Brooklyn beating of gay black man Mayer Herskovic, 23, was one of five Hasidic men indicted in the December 2013 assault that left the victim blind in one eye.