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Non-Jewish faculty members at a haredi Orthodox school in Antwerp, Belgium, have gone on strike, citing the failure of some parents to test their children for the coronavirus to the teachers’ satisfaction. Most of the non-Jewish teachers at the girls’ department of the Jesode Hatora Beth Jacob school stopped working on Wednesday, the Gazet van […]
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Antwerp faculty at Orthodox school strike due to kids not tested for COVID
February 6th, 2021 
Awake Goy Fearing repeat of last year, U.S. Orthodox Jewish groups urge community to comply with COVID restrictions for Purim
February 4th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
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No Comments »Orthodox Jewry reels as rabbis die during COVID-19 pandemic
February 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy Three times on Sunday, Orthodox men carried the body of a beloved Torah scholar wrapped in a black and white prayer shawl through the streets of Jerusalem to a freshly dug grave. First there was Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik, the 99-year-old heir to a vaunted tradition of Talmud study. A few hours later it was Rabbi […]
Small Network of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis Offers COVID-19 Treatment To All Sectors
February 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy (The Media Line) — The Chasdei Amram organization – a private initiative in one of Israel’s most conservative Haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jewish) enclaves – is providing at-home treatments for thousands of Israelis who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. With more than 71,000 cases per million population, Israel is among the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus […]
Netanyahu’s partnership with the ultra-Orthodox is facing its greatest challenge yet
February 2nd, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: challenge, facing, greatest, netanyahu!, orthodox, partnership, ultra No Comments »Meet the ultra-Orthodox comedians satirizing their own community on YouTube
February 1st, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: comedians, community, orthodox, satirizing, their, ultra, YouTube No Comments »Israel must deal with its ultra-Orthodox insurrection. Right now
February 1st, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Thousands attend funeral for ultra-Orthodox rabbi killed by virus
January 31st, 2021 Awake Goy In violation of the national lockdown regulations aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, thousands of people were attending a funeral procession Sunday for a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi who died overnight after battling COVID-19 for several months. Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, the head of the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem and scion of the Soloveitchik […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: attend, funeral, killed, orthodox, Rabbi, thousands, ultra No Comments »Coronavirus Israel live: Schools in ultra-Orthodox cities remain open despite restrictions
January 30th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: cities, coronavirus, israel, orthodox, remain, Schools, ultra No Comments »Will ultra-Orthodox rioting move the needle on Israel’s March 23rd election?
January 29th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
‘NYT’ portrays pro-Palestinian activists as ‘strident’ and ‘orthodox’ in article on campus debate
January 27th, 2021 Awake Goy The New York Times ran a long article about the campus debate over Israel that highlighted Zoom’s cancellation of talks by Leila Khaled, because she had participated in two hijackings 50 years ago. Titled, “What Zoom Does to Campus Conflicts Over Israel and Free Speech,” the article placed Palestinian activism outside the normal range of […]
Posted in NEW YORK TIMES Tags: activists, article, campus, orthodox, palestinian, portrays, strident No Comments »The ultra-Orthodox street has been ablaze for 5 days, and rabbis can’t stop the flames
January 26th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
After days of clashes with ultra-Orthodox over COVID rules, Israeli police brace for more
January 26th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Ultra-Orthodox rioters clash with police as some schools flout virus lockdown
January 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Clashes broke out Sunday morning in three cities across Israel as police attempted to enforce coronavirus lockdown restrictions in a number of ultra-Orthodox communities. In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, hundreds of people clashed with police attempting to shut down a yeshiva that had opened illegally. Police said that officers who arrived at the […]
Coronavirus Israel live: Four cops wounded as police clash with ultra-orthodox
January 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: clash, coronavirus, israel, orthodox, police, ultra, wounded No Comments »Israelis should learn from the ultra-Orthodox how a minority behaves
January 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: behaves, israelis, learn, minority, orthodox, should, ultra No Comments »Coronavirus Israel live: Police, ultra-Orthodox groups clash over restrictions; minister urges calm
January 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: clash, coronavirus, groups, israel, orthodox, police, ultra No Comments »Orthodox Union praises Biden’s Homeland Security chief nomination in rare move
January 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: biden, Chief, homeland, orthodox, praises, Security, union No Comments »These US Orthodox women bloggers prefer not to be seen, but are very much heard
January 17th, 2021 Awake Goy NEW YORK — Soon after its release, the new cookbook “Dinner Done: Practical Recipes For Your Busy Day” zipped to Amazon’s number one new release in the kosher cooking category and fast sold out in Israel. It’s the paper and ink incarnation of the unique Orthodox Jewish lifestyle site Between Carpools, whose creators have unlocked […]
Orthodox Jew in Capitol riots called ‘left-wing’ despite lack of evidence
January 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Right-wing figures on Twitter, including Donald Trump Jr., are promoting the idea that Aaron Mostofsky, the Orthodox Jewish man who joined the Capitol mob last week wearing fur pelts and a bulletproof vest, was a left-wing agitator. The accounts cite Mostofsky’s registration as a Democrat in making the case that he is associated with Antifa, […]
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox prefer a Jewish state to a democratic one, survey finds
January 15th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: democratic, israel, Jewish, orthodox, prefer, state, ultra No Comments »The only way to wean America’s Orthodox Jews off Trumpism
January 13th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Orthodox media support for Capitol mob roils Long Island Jewish communities
January 13th, 2021 Awake Goy JTA — On Jan. 7, one day after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, the 5 Towns Jewish Times, a weekly newspaper catering to the large Orthodox community in Nassau County on Long Island, ran a photo of one of its columnists posing triumphantly in front of a sea of protesters. “5TJT columnist Dr. Gila […]
FBI Raids Home of Orthodox Man in Capitol Mob
January 13th, 2021 Awake Goy (JTA) — Aaron Mostofsky, an Orthodox Jewish man who participated in the Capitol mob last week wearing fur pelts and a bulletproof vest, was arrested by the FBI at his home in Brooklyn Tuesday morning. Videos circulating on social media Tuesday morning showed several FBI agents outside his home. One video showed an FBI agent carrying a […]
FBI agents raid Brooklyn home of pelt-wearing Orthodox man in Capitol mob
January 13th, 2021 Awake Goy Aaron Mostofsky, an Orthodox Jewish man who participated in the Capitol mob last week, wearing fur pelts and a bulletproof vest, appears to have been the subject of a raid by the FBI at his home in Brooklyn Tuesday morning. Videos circulating on social media Tuesday morning showed several FBI officers outside a home that […]
First Orthodox Jewish girl gets Eagle Scout, helps others during COVID-19
January 12th, 2021 Awake Goy Currently in Israel, 19-years-old LA native Gabbi Stein won 29 badges before obtaining the highest rank the scouts have. Source
Biden names Orthodox woman to senior National Security Council position
January 10th, 2021 Awake Goy Browse > Home / News / Biden names Orthodox woman to senior National Security Council position January 10, 2021 by JNS Read on for article U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to appoint Anne Neuberger, an Orthodox Jewish woman, to serve in a newly created cybersecurity position on the U.S. National Security Council. Anne Neuberger. […]
Amudim raises $5m. to help victims of abuse, addiction in Orthodox world
January 10th, 2021 Awake Goy Amudim, a crisis center focusing on combating sexual abuse, trauma and addictions in the Orthodox community, raised over $5 million at the 36-hour “Unite to Heal” event that featured rabbis, metal health professionals and celebrities. Some 10,319 donors helped Amudim reach the final sum of $5,034,632.Unite to Heal will enable Amudim to hire three new […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Abuse, addiction, amudim, orthodox, raises, victims, world No Comments »Washington rioter identified as son of New York Modern Orthodox judge
January 8th, 2021 Awake Goy One of the rioters who invaded the US Capitol on Wednesday has been identified as the son of Steven (Shlomo) Mostofsky, a New York judge and former president of the National Council of Young Israel, an Orthodox synagogue association that has been outspokenly pro-Trump, the Gothamist reported on Thursday. Aaron Mostofsky, whose father is Kings County […]
Court rules Orthodox-dominated school board wasn’t elected properly
January 8th, 2021 Awake Goy A federal appeals court in New York affirmed that a voting method that elected a majority Orthodox Jewish school board in upstate East Ramapo violates the Voting Rights Act, Lohud.com reported. Most of the Rockland County district’s public school students are minorities and most of the Orthodox children attend private schools. A three-judge panel of […]
