The Times of Israel

For Jerusalem’s Haredim, it’s business as usual during wartime Passover shopping rush

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:07:44 +0000

As war with Iran keeps tourists away and quiets the Mahane Yehuda market, ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods remain packed with locals preparing for the holiday

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Students at flagship Jerusalem yeshiva dismiss danger of arrest as IDF cracks down

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:04:19 +0000

'Every day in [my prayers] I say that I am ready to die for the sanctification of God’s name,' says student at Mir Yeshiva, insisting that he would rather go to jail than enlist

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As prices rise, Haredi Jerusalemites line shops — and soup kitchens — ahead of Passover

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:01:30 +0000

Despite rampant poverty in Mea Shearim neighborhood and a 5% rise in Passover food costs, demand for high-end goods is high, but so is reliance on charity

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Swastikas sprayed over Israeli flag logo on ambulances in Haredi Jerusalem neighborhood

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:55:05 +0000

After responding to call in Mea Shearim, paramedics return to vehicle to find graffiti; Magen David Adom head decries 'shocking incident that has no place in our society'

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Jerusalem police confiscate Palestinian flags, anti-Zionist posters in Haredi area

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:56:25 +0000

Residents of Mea Shearim neighborhood hurl eggs at officers as they work; posters in Hebrew, English, and Arabic bore messages including 'Jews are not Zionists'

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Haredi suspect in serious injury of woman at protest says he’s ‘proud’ to be in jail

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:36:52 +0000

In letter displayed on posters around capital's Mea Shearim neighborhood, Meir Kazav asks to be moved to a cell without a television to avoid being drawn into sin

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Police arrest suspect over blazing dumpster that injured mother during Haredi riot

Sun, 25 Dec 2022 18:55:06 +0000

Suspect from Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, where anti-police riot two weeks ago led to Mirel Dzalovsky being hospitalized; she remains in serious but stable condition

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Haredi man whose arrest sparked riot indicted for arson of Jerusalem cellphone store

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:00:31 +0000

Yehoshua Dadon also charged with extortion by threats and obstruction of justice over torching of shop that sells 'non-kosher' phones

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Politicians fume as ultra-Orthodox neighborhood grocery found setting men-only hours

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:27:55 +0000

Though it began under their tenure, Lapid and Liberman tie Jerusalem store's policy to incoming government's plan to permit gender-segregation in public spaces

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Family of woman injured in Haredi protest defends culprits: ‘They didn’t mean harm’

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:04:47 +0000

Relatives of Mirel Dzalovsky, who remains unconscious and on a ventilator, say those using incident to advance their agenda are 'fanning the flames of hate'

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Clip shows moment burning dumpster pushed by ultra-Orthodox rioters hits J’lem woman

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 03:40:30 +0000

40-year-old mother of 10 still hospitalized in serious condition; police issue gag order on investigation into incident; nephew blames 'anarchists' dressed as Haredim

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Condemnation pours in after woman seriously hurt by Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox rioters

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:18:16 +0000

Outgoing PM Lapid, PM-designate Netanyahu, urge authorities to harshly punish perpetrators, as passerby, a mother of 10, hit by burning trash bin and hospitalized

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Mea Shearim residents riot after police arrest suspect in torching of cellphone shop

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 02:33:38 +0000

Dozens in Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhood vandalize vehicles, block roads and set fire to trash cans; cops dispatched to evacuate bus driver who made wrong turn into enclave

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On the cholent-and-kugel trail with tours of the Haredi ’tisch’

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:43:44 +0000

Jerusalem tour guides offer glimpses of the ultra-Orthodox world, with tables full of traditional Sabbath fare

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Father arrested after 5-year-old found walking alone in Jerusalem cold

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:55:48 +0000

Boy turned over to grandmother after spotted by social worker in Mea Shearim; group, including father, scuffles with police to keep child from being taken

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