richards | February 16, 2017
NEW YORK (JTA) Leading up to their wedding in 2012, Julianne and Jason Kanter hadnt really discussed how they would incorporate their respective religions into their home. Julianne was raised by Catholic and Presbyterian parents, while Jason grew up culturally Jewish
richards | February 16, 2017
Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) presents the adventurous world-music ensemble East of the River in their new program, SULTANA: Music of the Sephardic Diaspora, on Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park https://us.vocuspr.com/Publish/3318684/vcsPRAsset_3318684_88987_0d249e23-ca40-4948-bb45-e6b83ee4ecb9_0.jpegSlope, Brooklyn
richards | February 16, 2017
Abby Stein is almost certainly the only ordained Hasidic rabbi who is also a woman. Stein wasnt female when ordained, of course. She was a young man, soon to be married to a woman also from the strict Satmar community in which they were both raised.
richards | February 16, 2017
It was a nightmare at 20,000 feet Monday, as an ultra-Orthodox Jewish clan traveling to a wedding in Britain disrupted a flight. The Hasidic men refused to sit next to women, stood up in the aisles while the plane was in the air and disturbed passengers during the five-hour flight. They were blocking the aisle, making it really difficult for other passengers to get past and take their seat, said one passenger, recounting the experience to The Times of Israel.
richards | February 16, 2017
Jews, male or female, should not be taking a position as a judge on a non-Jewish court that will have cases involving two Jewish parties litigating against each other.
richards | February 16, 2017
They were older than me, by at least five years, and I was afraid. Though my Satmar Hasidic neighbors were my friends, their cousins usually approached me with disdain whenever Id go over for a playdate. On one occasion, they bullied me and lifted my shirt up.
richards | February 16, 2017
During the course of a Knesset session discussing the proposed law to revoke funding for educational institutions that are proven to reject students on ethnic bases, referring to haredi Ashkenazi schools that allegedly do not accept Sephardi girls, MK Meir Cohen(Yesh Atid) caused a commotion when he shouted at MK Moshe Gafni: "Shame on you, racist.. Get out! Sometimes racists need to keep a low profile. Shame on you, racist that you are
richards | February 16, 2017
By Mackenzie Farkus Staff writer In 1881, thousands of Ashkenazi Jewish refugees emigrated from Russia to New York to escape anti-Semitic violence that took place as part of the Russian pogroms.
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