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Sun Oct 5

• Jewish 'modesty patrols' sow fear in Israel - World Faith- msnbc.com: In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at women for such "sins&quo t; as wearing a red blouse and attack stores selling devices that can access the Internet. In recent weeks, self-styled "modesty patrols" have been accused of breaking into the apartment of a Jerusalem woman and beating her for allegedly consorting with men. They have torched a store that sells MP4 players, fearing devout Jews would use them to download pornography.

Sat Oct 4

• Jewish 'modesty patrols' sow fear in Israel: In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at women for such "sins&quo t; as wearing a red blouse, and attack stores selling devices that can access the Internet. In recent weeks, self-styled "modesty patrols" have been accused of breaking into the apartment of a Jerusalem woman and beating her for allegedly consorting with men. They have torched a store that sells MP4 players, fearing devout Jews would use them to download pornography. Many ultra-Orthodox Jews are dismayed by the violence, but the enforcers often enjoy quiet approval from rabbis eager to protect their own reputations as guardians of the faith, community members say. And while some welcome anything that keeps secular culture out of their cloistered world, others feel terrorized,

Sat Sep 27

• frontline: israel's next war?: watch the full program online | PBS: In "Israel&# 039;s Next War?" FRONTLINE goes deep inside the world of militant Jewish radicals who pose a grave new threat to Israeli security and, potentially, to the region. "The dream of these extremists&quo t;?to blow up the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, one of the most important holy sites in the Muslim world?"sh ould give us sleepless nights," says former Israeli Security Chief Avi Dichter. "Jewish terror is liable to create a serious strategic threat that will turn the Israeli-Palest inian conflict into a conflict between thirteen million Jews and a billion Muslims all over the world." In "Israel&# 039;s Next War?" Planned to set off a bomb at a Palestinian girls school just as hundreds of young students arrived in the morning. The timing was carefully designed to harm as many children as possible. " Most Israelis reacted with shock and horror when Dvir and Morag's plan was revealed?but a small minority refused to condemn them

Wed Sep 17

• Royal Society or Rotten Society? | Opinion | The First Post: Fundamentalism is spreading across science, with zealots ready to attack anyone who dares question the accepted teaching - be it the unquestionable importance of animal experiments or the unimpeachable evidence for dramatic global warming.

Wed Sep 3

• Prominent evangelist instructs congregation to pray for thunderstorm during Obama speech: Did you hear about this? Prominent evangelist Stuart Shepard, from neocon attack-dog group "Focus On The Family," actually instructed his membership via streaming video to collectively pray for a disrupting thunderstorm to happen during Obama's outdoor acceptance speech in Denver last week, then yanked the video after numerous complaints from other members. UNBELIEVABLE.

Wed Aug 27

• The Upcoming Voice - Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish answer to The X Factor. No room for Mr Nasty It's got polite judges, boring outfits and safe songs - but orthodox Israel's new talent show is a winner: Polite judges aren't the only departure from the X Factor format. Traditionally, ultra-Orthodox Jews have had little or no contact with the arts. This changed in the mid-1990s, when the younger generation became fed up with going without music. A wave of musicians - mostly wedding singers who saw a gap in the market - started releasing "kosher music". Frivolous subjects such as love and sexual attraction are out, and the lyrics are usually prayers or Biblical verses. Only men are permitted to perform. The genre came into its own 8 years ago, when the Chevra, burst on to the scene with Y'hay Shlama, an upbeat pop song that set an Aramaic prayer to a Britney-esque beat. One reason for the scarcity of popular singers is that ultra-Orthodox men tend to marry and start families young, which doesn't leave much time for a musical career. Another is that education for children is heavily religious, followed by several years in Talmudic seminary;

Tue Aug 26

• Jerusalem Police against chastity squad. Meah Shearim residents agitated following wave of arrests of 'modesty guard' activists. In one of demonstrations held every evening, youngsters flip over police car in capital.: 'The chastity squad activists are doing what the police should be doing,' senior community member says. The ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Meah Shearim in Jerusalem was shaken up following the arrest of three residents suspected of being active in the haredi community' ;s chastity squad. Demonstrations in protest of the arrest were held in the neighbourhood& #039;s Shabbat Square every evening in the past week, and protesters clashed with police forces and even flipped over a police car on Yoel Street. The first person arrested 3 weeks ago was Elhanan Buzaglo, who was indicted of attacking a woman suspected of improper ties with married men in the capital's Maalot Dafna neighbourhood. According to the indictment, Buzaglo received $2,000 in return for his involvement in the attack.

Mon Aug 25

• Howard Lisnoff: The Long Silence: American Jews and Palestinians. "I have been silent as a Jew about Israel's relationship to, and treatment of, the Palestinian people and my place as an American Jew in that equation.": Jews in the US were expected to accept their roles as supporters of whatever policy Israel adopted. Those Jews who wavered would be open to the most vicious attacks. Finkelstein typifies this. After a campaign of vicious attacks aimed at silencing his scholarly criticism of Israel?s treatment of the Palestinian people and the industry that had grown up, primarily in the US to profit from the horror of the Holocaust. His books, among them The Holocaust Industry and Beyond Chutzpah (2005) have drawn stinging attacks. Among his most vehement detractors is Dershowitz. The power of the Jewish lobby in the US is partially explained by studying the monetary might behind that influence. The most powerful of these organizations is the AIPAC, which had a $33 million budget.. James David reports that the Israel lobby had contributed $41M to US candidates. Stephen Zunes states that ?more than $1.5 billion in private US funds?go to Israel annually.?

Sun Aug 24

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Wed Aug 20

• In Israel, religious schools get a boost - Los Angeles Times: He is one of tens of thousands of Israeli young men studying to master the Torah and the Talmud, cloistered at ultra-Orthodox schools that shield them from secular teachings that might shake their faith. In a defining battle over the Jewish state's identity, the yeshivas are resisting pressure from secular politicians and educators to teach the basic subjects required at all Israeli secondary schools. "They want to turn us into what they see as 'enlighte ned people of the world,' who will integrate into Israeli society," he said. "But we do not want to integrate into that society, because of its many temptations.&q uot; Haredi Jews, as the ultra-Orthodox are known here, won the latest skirmish. Parliament last month legalized state funding for high school-age boys' yeshivas while reclassifying them as "cultural ly unique" schools, exempt from the obligation to add on a basic secular curriculum.

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