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Rama Burshtein (photo credit: Joel Ryan/AP)
November 27, 2016, 5:54 pm
How an ultra-Orthodox Israeli director keeps Jewish law on set
Opening window on an insular society, Rama Burshtein says she avoids physical contact between men and women at work, where the cast breaks for Shabbat
By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU
Protesters set fire to an effigy of an Orthodox Jew during an anti-migrant protest in the Polish town of Wroclaw in November 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
November 21, 2016, 10:13 pm
Polish man jailed for burning effigy of ultra-Orthodox Jew
Dummy sporting black hat, beard and sidecurls set alight during demonstration against absorption of Muslim refugees
By JTA
An effigy of an Orthodox Jew is torched at an anti-Islam rally in Poland in November 2015 (YouTube screenshot)
November 18, 2016, 8:30 am
Burned Jew effigy represented Soros, Polish court hears
Defendant on trial for torching mock-up of Hasidic man says he wasn't sure what the Jewish philanthropist looked like
By JTA
November 11, 2016, 2:29 pm
To the misguided Ortho Trump voters
He's an elitist, leftist, out-of-touch liberal, but he's got data to show right-wing Jews didn't elect the new prez
By Joel Moskowitz
Marc Zell, co-chair of Republicans Overseas Israel, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on November 9, 2016, a day after US Republican president candidate Donald Trump won the 2016 US election. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 9, 2016, 6:50 pm
At Western Wall, head of Israeli GOP thanks God for Trump win
Dancing and praying, Marc Zell calls on president-elect to honor pledge to move US embassy to Jerusalem and back settlement building
By Raphael Ahren
No girls allowed. Detail of Clalit ad aimed at Orthodox Jews.
November 8, 2016, 12:54 pm
Games for religious girls: Hide and hide
She will not bow to pressure to erase female faces from children's toys and books for the Orthodox market
By Miriam Lottner
Women pray at the Western Wall, November 2, 2016. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
November 5, 2016, 7:50 am
Orthodox group joins call for Western Wall compromise
International Rabbinic Fellowship says holy site should be space where all Jews can 'experience the presence of the Divine'
By JTA
New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D) has represented Brooklyn's 48th District since 1983, serving an area that includes one of the largest Orthodox communities outside of Israel. (Courtesy)
November 4, 2016, 12:15 am
Ultra-Orthodox NY state assemblyman dumps Trump
Dov Hikind, a Democrat who has voted Republican in national elections, says he's writing Paul Ryan, a 'mensch,' on the ballot
By TOI staff
An effigy of an IDF soldier is seen hanging in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem on March 25, 2016 (courtesy)
November 3, 2016, 12:24 pm
Police rescue 3 IDF soldiers from ultra-Orthodox mob
Protesters surround Jerusalem synagogue after servicemen enter the building; no arrests in incident
By TOI staff
At the 12 Angels launch event in Tel Aviv, on October 19, 2016. From left to right: KamaTech CEO Moshe Friedman; Tel Aviv-Yafo Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau; investor Dov Moran; iAngels Chairman David Assia; iAngels Founding Partner Mor Assia; and iAngels Head of Partnerships & Legal Lilach Danewitz. (Courtesy)
October 22, 2016, 6:59 pm
KamaTech, iAngels launch first VC fund for Haredi entrepreneurs
12 Angels venture capital to invest $5 million in 30 ultra-Orthodox start-ups over the next three years
By Luke Tress
A scene from the Israeli TV series 'Shtisel,' being adapted for US audiences by the co-creator of 'Friends,' Marta Kauffman. October 19, 2016 (Youtube screenshot)
October 19, 2016, 9:49 am
Israeli hit drama ‘Shtisel’ heads to US
'Friends' co-creator transposing series about an ultra-Orthodox family for Amazon Prime
By Sue Surkes
In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman sit in an employment training center in the city of Elad, central Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
October 4, 2016, 7:37 pm
New generation of Israeli ultra-Orthodox challenges old guard
Growing number of critics inside religious community call for comprehensive reform, including education and outreach to broader society
By Aron Heller
From left to right, Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Cohen, Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri attending the cornerstone laying ceremony for Nezer HaTalmud Yeshiva in Beitar Illit, Sept. 19, 2016. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
October 3, 2016, 6:53 am
Public deeply unhappy with Israel’s religious policies, study shows
Ultra-Orthodox grip on government over issues of religious freedom and equality rankles a clear majority of Israelis
By Andrew Tobin
An entrepreneur from Horse Mate presents on his start-up project at the Hybid demo day in Tel Aviv on September, 22, 2016 (Courtesy)
September 25, 2016, 11:29 am
Arab entrepreneurs, IDF vets team up to promote start-ups
Hybrid accelerator program looks to nurture minority sector tech firms with graduates of the elite 8200 unit
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel. (JTA/Uriel Heilman)
September 13, 2016, 12:10 pm
Israeli charged in NY plot to kidnap divorce-refusing husband
Prosecutors say Binyamin Gottlieb a co-conspirator with 2 other ultra-Orthodox men who sought hitman to abduct, murder recalcitrant man
By TOI staff
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