A major fire broke out at an Orthodox monastery located near the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) town of Svyatogorsk on Saturday. The town is controlled by the Ukrainian military and intense fighting has been reported from the area over the past few days. Footage from the scene circulating shows the Skete …
Read More »Palestinian gunned down in Jerusalem after stabbing Orthodox Jewish man (VIDEO)
The stabbing attack occurred near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Saturday. Footage from the scene, released by Israeli law enforcement, shows the assailant, identified as 25-year-old Mohammed Shawkat Salima, crossing the road, with his would-be-victim, a 20-year-old Haredi man approaching him from behind. The Palestinian man then abruptly turns around, stabbing …
Read More »Montenegrin police fire tear gas and stun grenades amid protests over Orthodox Church leader’s inauguration (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a rally in downtown Cetinje on Sunday morning, state broadcaster RTCG reported. Protesters wanted to prevent the inauguration of Metropolitan Joanikije in a local monastery. Social Democratic Party (SDP) General Secretary Ivan Vujovic said the party’s honorary leader and former longtime …
Read More »WATCH: Christian Orthodox church DEMOLISHED in Bosnia after Bosniak woman who owns the land wins 20-year legal battle
Local authorities used a crane to remove the cross from atop the white church’s dome, then cut open the tower to bring down and save the bell on Saturday. A backhoe was employed to bring the building down, turning it into rubble. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in …
Read More »Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi says Arabs will be better coalition partners than Israeli left
Chaim Kanievsky, who is considered a leading authority in the Jewish Orthodox community, gave an affirmative answer when asked by Israeli outlet News 12 about the possibility of the Israeli right forming a coalition with Israeli Arab parties. The 93-year-old cleric and spiritual leader of the United Torah Judaism party …
Read More »To break the law or not? How Orthodox Jews are increasingly divided over brazen breaches of lockdown regulations
One of the most contentious debates throughout the pandemic has been what is and isn’t worth flouting quarantine rules for. And, arguably, nowhere is this a more heated issue than in the Orthodox Jewish community. All over the world, many Orthodox Jews have continued hosting large gatherings to celebrate weddings …
Read More »Police use water cannons to disperse mob as ultra-Orthodox Jews continue violent resistance to Covid rules in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Hundreds of men from Haredi neighborhoods gathered on Tuesday night to demonstrate against Israel’s public health measures, specifically the shuttering of schools and seminaries, known as yeshivas. The event started peacefully, with protesters listening to speeches from community leaders. The crowd was seen holding signs that read “stop persecuting religion …
Read More »WATCH: Orthodox Jews defy health protocols & clash with Israeli police at funeral of rabbi who died of Covid-19
Footage from Ruptly video agency shows police officers trying to push back a crowd of young men from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. People took to the streets in the city of Bnei Brak, a Haredi Tel Aviv suburb, on Sunday night to attend the funeral of senior rabbi Chaim Meir …
Read More »Thousands of Orthodox Jews violate lockdown to attend funeral of prominent rabbi killed by coronavirus (PHOTOS)
Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, the head of Brisk Yeshiva religious school and a powerful voice in the Haredi society, passed away early Sunday at the age of 99. He was infected with the coronavirus three months ago, but on Friday his condition took a turn for the worse. © Reuters …
Read More »Mayhem in Jerusalem as ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with cops amid ongoing lockdown resistance (VIDEO)
Protesters in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem hurled rocks at moving vehicles and created street barricades using garbage dumpsters during Tuesday’s unrest, according to local media. Police are said to have deployed a water cannon to disperse the crowd, and made several arrests. Footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly shows several fires …
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