“It was into this reverent hush, two Sabbaths ago, that 500 cheerful American and European Baptists drew up in 20 buses, having come, on tourism bent, through the Mandelbaum Gate from Jordanian Jerusalem. The Orthodox Jews of Mea She’arim were dumfounded with outrage—and none more than a lean, hawk-eyed man who […]
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Tuesday is the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Amram Blau (Bloi), and whoever is interested, the Mishkenot HaRoim group in Mea Shearim is organizing a Mishnayiot study in order to remember the famous Jerusalem character. The study is due to start in the early afternoon.Rabbi Amram Blau used to be the head of the Neturei Karta […]
“To make one shtreimel can take up to 400 tails of various breeds of mink, sable of fox - the scrap of the fur industry. With only 10,000 shtreimels produced around the world each year, it’s definitely what you call a niche market. But at a cost of up to $4000 each, it can be […]
“An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth carries a sack of potatoes for distribution to the needy, for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem April 5, 2009. Passover commemorates the flight of Jews from Ancient Egypt as described in Exodus. According to the account, the Jews did not have time to […]
