On Sunday morning, hundreds of Orthodox believers gathered to defend the yeshiva in Jerusalem’s neighborhood of Mea Shearim, a Haredi stronghold in the city. Religious schools that teach the Talmud and the Torah sacred texts are scheduled to open for in-person studies this week, which contradicts the restrictions by the …
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Speaking on Saturday to RTVI, a New York-based Russian-language channel aimed at expats, Legoyda revealed that the Church is not entirely against the termination of pregnancy being legal. “We are taking a softer and more flexible position in this case: we demand [abortion] be withdrawn from the compulsory health insurance …
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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk told reporters on Saturday that those fearing their loved ones had become “possessed” should seek out the help of their priest before attempting ceremonies themselves. “There is a practice in the Church called exorcism,” he said, “when a possessed person is brought to a priest, and …
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The French Interior Ministry has described in an alert on Twitter an “ongoing situation” in the Place Jean-Macé area in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon. Security forces have been deployed at the scene, it said. The public has been told to avoid the area and follow instructions from the authorities. …
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Homophobia is not a lifestyle choice. It’s a form of hatred and discrimination. So that’s the charge that must be levelled at the Orthodox Jewish schools in the UK that are wilfully breaking the instructions of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education. The schools are waging war by refusing to …
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“Harold ‘Heshy’ Tischler has been charged with inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an assault of a journalist,” the New York City Police Department reported on Sunday. A video of Tischler’s arrest late Sunday shows several officers taking the Brooklyn community activist and radio host into custody …
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Cuomo tore into the president during a call with reporters on Friday in which he defended the zoned economic shutdown orders imposed in several Covid-19 “hotspots” across the state earlier this week. Trump, Cuomo said, was a “divisive force” trying to “inflame divisions” among New Yorkers – especially Orthodox Jews. …
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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America told AP on Tuesday that it would contact UN rapporteurs and attempt to hold Ankara accountable “for its deliberate policies to erase the cultural heritage of Orthodox Christians.” The Turkish president issued a decree in July converting the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. …
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Residents of Jerusalem and Bnei Brak rallied on Sunday against the strict three-week quarantine, which began on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. The measures, purportedly put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus, prohibit Israelis from traveling more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) from their homes – a restriction …
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Long before the rest of the world started talking about plasma and its use in the fight against the coronavirus, Dr. Shmuel Shoham knew everything about her — including where he could get a lot of plasma. By the beginning of March Shoham, an expert on infectious diseases in transplant …
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