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.

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.

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.

Israel

Signs tell haredi Orthodox IDF inductees to kill female soldiers

Israel

Effigies of haredi Orthodox soldiers hanged in Jerusalem neighborhood

Israel

Haredi soldier attacked by haredim in Mea Shearim

Israel

Mea Shearim residents attack haredi Orthodox soldiers

United States

State Dept. advising modest dress in some Jerusalem neighborhoods

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Op-Ed: Haredi leaders must speak out against zealots

Israel

Haredi Orthodox demonstrate in Jerusalem over arrests

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