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The men of "The New Black" AKA "Shababnikim."
Posted inTV & Film

Another Israeli hit about Haredi Jews, but this one’s funny

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward January 29, 2021
(From left) Shira Haas, Doval'e Glickman and Michael Aloni in season 3 of "Shtisel." (Photo/JTA-Ohad Romano)
Posted inTV & Film

Why non-Jews around the world love ‘Shtisel,’ in their own words

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz and JTA December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
Reporter Ittai Shickman films himself chased by a mob of haredi Orthodox Jews while standing outside the home of a prominent rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inNews

In Israel, journalists are being attacked while covering the pandemic in haredi Orthodox communities

by Sam Sokol and JTA October 23, 2020
a man in Hasidic garb in a large crowd holds up a hand-made sign that says "We will not comply."
Posted inU.S.

‘It’s totally irresponsible:’ Non-Hasidic New York Jews on the unrest in Borough Park

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 16, 2020October 16, 2020
A haredi Orthodox man wearing a protective mask crosses a street in the religious Israeli city of Bnei Brak amid the coronavirus pandemic crisis, April 6, 2020 (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

40 Israeli cities placed under coronavirus curfew along with neighborhoods in Jerusalem and elsewhere

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
Omer Yankelevich, the first haredi Orthodox woman to hold a Cabinet position in Israeli government, poses for a picture in the Israeli parliament, April 29, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Noam Revkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Meet Omer Yankelevich, the Orthodox woman tasked with mending the frayed ties between Israel and the Diaspora

by Sam Sokol and JTA June 29, 2020
A police officer in the fictional haredi-run state in the Israeli TV series "Autonomies."
Posted inTV & Film

In alt-history Israeli miniseries ‘Autonomies,’ secular and religious worlds clash

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
"Shtisel" co-creator Yehonatan Indursky and Haredi activist Pnina Pfeuffer discuss the show at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Jan. 29, 2020. (S. Smith Patrick)
Posted inTV

‘Shtisel’ creator and haredi activist discuss change among Israel’s ultra-Orthodox

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2020February 6, 2020
A man looks at a Blue and White party election campaign poster showing its leaders Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Gaby Ashkenazi and Moshe Yaalon and Shas Party election campaign poster showing its spirtual leader Rabi Ovadia Yosef on April 1, 2019 in the city of Haedera, Israel.
Posted inNews

Most Israelis want Orthodox parties out of government, survey says

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 27, 2019
graphic depicts key players in election
Posted inNews

Israel’s election campaign has been a religious war of words

Ben Sales by Sam Sokol, Ben Sales and JTA September 16, 2019

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