While some community members have questions about safety and long-term effects of rapidly produced COVID-19 vaccine, others have a long anti-vax history
Parents of girl who was set to marry 24-year-old man arrested, daughter transferred to custody of welfare authorities; mother insists child was mature enough
Funding cuts, stemmed momentum, and split on virus policies mean community no longer prepared for likely resurgence of now-dormant attacks once life returns to normal, leaders say
Demonstrators objecting to planned light rail that will go through their neighborhoods, break into building site, set city vehicles and dumpsters on fire
Hareidi umbrella organization Agudath Israel says that in 30 years it hasn't spent as much time in court as 2020, and its laundry list of Supreme Court briefs back that up
Non-profit Hillel which helps haredim seeking different life is usually contacted by around 350 youngsters annually, mostly aged 19-25, but requests doubled as pandemic took hold
90% believe rabbis should be involved in setting policy on virus; 90.5% believe crisis has damaged relations between Haredi community and other Israelis
Unprovoked April attack, documented on video, took place amid scuffles in ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood; victim said to have been on his way home after helping sick father
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