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In Bnei Brak, Israel, reporter Ittai Shickman films himself chased by a mob of Charedi Jews while standing outside the home of a prominent rabbi. (Screen shot from Twitter via JTA)
October 23, 2020, 5:54 pm
Journalists report being attacked while covering Charedim during Covid-19
'Dozens crowded around me, throwing eggs, knocking on [my car] windows and shouting insults', Channel 12 correspondent Carmel Libman said
By Sam Sokol (JTA)
Yaakov Litzman (wikipedia/REUVEN FRIZI)
April 13, 2020, 2:29 pm
Israeli Health Minister branded ‘killer and Amalek’ in Jerusalem daubings
Graffiti painted in Mea Shearim targeting Charedi politician and cabinet minister Yaakov Litzman
By JTA
Ultra-Orthodox Jews line up to vote for Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
April 6, 2020, 11:48 am
Israeli police lock down Charedi areas after police infiltrate illicit meetings
City of Bnei Brak placed in quarantine along with major Orthodox population centres and areas of Jerusalem, as anger and resentment grows at refusal to adhere to guidelines
By Jewish News Reporter
Hello Akiva! Portraits by Lior Nordman Photography
May 30, 2019, 3:01 pm
Shtisel star Michael Aloni: ‘It’s not like any other hit show and it isn’t sexy’
Brigit Grant meets the disarmingly good-looking 35-year-old Israeli actor, dubbed the new Paul Newman, to discuss Netflix's most unlikely smash hit.
By Brigit Grant
Newborn baby
December 22, 2017, 2:53 pm
Israeli grandmother gives birth to her 20th child
Charedi woman, 42, excites the maternity ward at Hadassah University Medical Centre but was 'calm and relaxed' as she delivered her child
By JTA
Ohad Zwigenberg
December 6, 2017, 3:06 pm
Striking images in contention for Israel’s best press photo of 2017
Prayers, protests and prime ministers make the cut for shortlisted photographs from the Jewish state this year
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Police remove the effigy of the Orthodox soldier
March 14, 2017, 9:58 am
Police investigate as effigies of Charedi soldiers hanged in Jerusalem
Police launch an investigation for incitement after effigies of Charedi soldiers found hanging in Orthodox Jerusalem district
By JTA
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