Swinging parties and ayahuasca ceremonies: U.S. Hasidic rebels are redefining Jewish Orthodoxy

by mgall74 | Jan 10, 2026 | Israeli News

Jeans and sneakers on holidays, nonkosher food and sexual and gender liberation – a new generation of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the U.S. is reinventing itself Source link

Israel is abandoning the sanctity of life in favor of violent populism

by mgall74 | Jan 8, 2026 | Israeli News

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In this Israeli rabbi's cult, separating children from parents is just one means of control

by mgall74 | Jan 4, 2026 | Israeli News

Racheli (not her real name) was looking forward to returning home and spending an afternoon with her son. She searched every room of the apartment but he wasn’t there. Her son had been seized by people in the Vizhnitz Hasidic community and sent to a family...

If secular, liberal Tel Aviv must have a Chief Rabbi, if has to be someone who fits the city

by mgall74 | Dec 22, 2025 | Israeli News

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'I don't know how long I'll be gone, but it's the last time. I feel like I've changed'

by mgall74 | Dec 20, 2025 | Israeli News

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A digital nomad from a religious family defies society’s expectations, and a family with four young daughters takes its first trip abroad together – and chaos ensues Source link