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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Gur Hasidim

Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush in the Knesset plenum, April 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 17, 2025, 3:28 pm
Assailants beat Haredi minister’s son, try to snatch his infant grandson
Attackers accuse Meir Porush of harming Gur Hasidic rebbe, vow to ‘avenge him’; attack seen as related to inter-party squabbles concerning military enlistment, state budget
By Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem, May 21, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)
May 22, 2022, 12:36 am
Police detain at least 2 as rival factions of Hasidic sect clash in Jerusalem
Officers intervene to separate two groups of Gur Hasidim; windows of yeshiva reportedly smashed
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jews keep social distance amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, during a protest against what they say is incitement against the city and country's religious population, in the southern Israeli city of Arad, October 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
October 20, 2020, 8:26 pm
Ultra-Orthodox hold protest in Arad, rigorously adhering to virus rules
Gur Hasidic sect, which has been accused of flouting rules in the past, organizes rally against alleged incitement, keeping mask-wearing and distancing guidelines
By ToI Staff
Newly appointed housing minister and former health minister Yaakov Litzman, at his installation ceremony at the Housing Ministry in Jerusalem on May 18, 2020. (Olivier FitoussiFlash90)
August 28, 2020, 1:35 pm
Litzman: UTJ could quit the coalition if there is a lockdown over High Holidays
United Torah Judaism source says housing minister’s threat isn’t backed by the rest of the ultra-Orthodox party, was made to get Netanyahu’s attention
By ToI Staff
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish supporters of the United Torah Judaism Party rally in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 15, 2019, 11:32 pm
At huge rally, Haredi MK said to liken Lapid, Liberman to biblical enemy Amalek
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox gather in Jerusalem in support of United Torah Judaism party; event attended by top rabbis
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman seen during an party election campaign conference in Tel Aviv on July 30, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flahs90)
August 29, 2019, 8:14 am
Factory worker said fired after she criticized Liberman as he toured premises
Ex-employee at glassworks that faced closure after ultra-Orthodox boycott over Shabbat kiln operation reportedly accused Yisrael Beytenu head of only visiting due to elections
By Stuart Winer
Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter of the Gur Hassidic Dynasty attends a rally of United Torah Judaism party in Jerusalem ahead of the 2019 elections, April 8, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 1, 2019, 1:06 pm
Who is the Admor of Gur, the Hasidic leader who plays coalition kingmaker?
UTJ refused to join a gov’t that would pass unaltered law regulating the ultra-Orthodox army draft. The rabbi behind that veto may again play a key role after September’s elections
By ToI Staff
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, right, of United Torah Judaism holds a press conference after meeting with President Reuven Rivlin, April 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2019, 12:29 am
Deputy minister accused of protecting sex offenders in at least 10 cases
UTJ leader Yaakov Litzman alleged to have pattern of aiding ultra-Orthodox convicts by pressuring corrections officials, Channel 13 report claims
By ToI Staff
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is seen leaving a meeting in Jerusalem on February 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 12:03 pm
Litzman arranged VIP treatment for top rabbi’s wife at expense of public: report
Deputy health minister said to organize home visits, expedited MRI tests, temporary closure of areas of hospital to treat spiritual leader’s wife; Litzman denies discrimination
By Michael Bachner
People seen partying at a bar in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, on May 8, 2018. (Liba Farkash/Flash90)
June 3, 2018, 11:29 pm
Does Litzman want to close top nightspot because 2 drunk women visited yeshiva?
Mayoral candidates reject ultra-Orthodox lawmaker’s demand to shutter bars in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market; TV suggests motivation may be personal
By ToI Staff
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives at the weekly government conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem on October 15, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
June 2, 2018, 6:05 am
Litzman: Jerusalem mayor candidates must vow to shutter bars for Haredi support
UTJ newspaper announces demand on Friday, saying secular entertainment district at Mahane Yehuda market has become ‘focal point for debauchery’
By ToI Staff
Rescue and medic personnel, including ultra-Orthodox paramedics, carrying a wounded woman at the scene of where the top floor of a building collapsed after a gas tank exploded in the Gilo neighborhood, Jerusalem, January 20, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 16, 2018, 11:50 am
Major Hasidic sect bans volunteering in paramedics, police
Gur dynasty issues edict prohibiting service in emergency organizations for men under 30, threatens to expel from schools children of those who do
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest in Jerusalem over a battle on control of the Ashkenazi synagogue in Arad, and against the secular mayor, Nissam Ben Hamo, a Yesh Atid party member, on December 22, 2016. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
September 10, 2017, 4:30 am
4 arrested in Arad clashes between ultra-Orthodox, secular residents
Haredi protesters reportedly roll burning tires at home of activist who posted banner accusing Hasidic leader of making city ‘dirty’
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral of Esti Weinstein at the Yarkon cemetery in Petah Tikva on June 28, 2016. (Photo by Avi Dishi/FLASH90)
June 28, 2016, 9:25 pm
Tensions mar funeral for woman who fled Hasidic life, committed suicide
Hundreds pay last respects to Esti Weinstein, 50, who penned book on ultra-Orthodox world; father recalls her first 43 years, ‘when you were pure’
By ToI Staff
Esti Weinstein, a formerly ultra-Orthodox woman who committed suicide in June 2016. (Facebook)
June 27, 2016, 10:14 am
Before suicide, woman penned book about her ordeals in ultra-Orthodox world
Esti Weinstein, found dead in her car in Ashdod, describes suffering as a Gur Hasidic housewife, estrangement from her children
By Stuart Winer
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