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Shilo Freid
With limousine and dancing: Haredi draft dodger gets hero’s welcome after release from prison
Yonatan Cohen, 25, from Kiryat Ata, was released Thursday from Military Prison No. 10 after being jailed for desertion; upon his return, he was greeted in the ultra-Orthodox town of Rechasim with a festive procession organized in his honor
Shilo Freid
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12.19.25
Haredi protest blocks roads in southern Israel after Jerusalem clashes; 8 arrested in Ashkelon
Police stopped a bus near Ashdod after learning protesters planned to rally at a Military Police officer’s home; after buses were barred from Ashkelon, organizers urged road blockades, shutting the city’s northern entrance and major routes
Shilo Freid, Sivan Hilaie
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12.18.25
Police, Haredi draft dodgers clash in Jerusalem, 13 hurt; bus carrying soldiers attacked
Unrest began with a parking ticket near Bar-Ilan Street, spiraled after false alerts spread fears of draft arrests, saw police withdraw and return, involved overturned patrol cars and stun grenades, and left five officers hospitalized
Liran Tamari, Shilo Freid
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12.18.25
Continuing tradition: family of fallen soldier light Hanukkah candles at Western Wall
Benjamin Elmakayes’ family lights Hanukkah candles each year at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, a tradition kept even after he was killed in Gaza last year; his mother says they had a 'pact' to light the candle together every year, wherever he was
Shilo Freid
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12.17.25
Jewish man stabbed in chest in NY in broad daylight after attacker shouts Jewish slurs | Watch
Attacker said it would 'be all right if the Holocaust happened today' before stabbing Jewish man, who fought with the assailant and prevented the blade from penetrating deeply; comes day after attack on Chabad hasidim on NYC subway
Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid
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12.17.25
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasid attacked on NYC subway in antisemitic incident | watch
In a video posted on social media, an African American passenger is seen shouting antisemitic insults at a Chabad Hasid before grabbing him by the neck; 'I realized this could end in death'
Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid
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12.16.25
Father of two Haredi brigade IDF soldiers: 'only rabbinic consensus can advance draft bill'
Former Slobodka yeshiva student joins Hasmonean Brigade after his brother; their father says forced enlistment will fail and any law must be shaped with senior rabbis
Shilo Freid
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12.16.25
Haredi toddler forgotten by parents found wandering in Palestinian village
The boy, who speaks only Yiddish and wore traditional Haredi dress, was found alone by a bus terminal worker; police later located his parents from Modi’in Illit, who are expected to be questioned
Liran Tamari, Alexandra Lukash, Shilo Freid
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12.15.25
Jewish community elder killed in Sydney Hanukkah attack had warned of rising antisemitism
Soviet-born Jewish community member, 62, killed in the Bondi Beach massacre, had publicly cautioned that Australia was no longer safe for Jews; 'We came here with the view that Australia is the safest country in the world,' he said in December 2024
Shilo Freid
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12.15.25
Hanukkah events worldwide held under heavy security after Bondi Beach terror attack
Cities including Berlin, London, New York and Paris step up security around Hanukkah celebrations following the deadly antisemitic attack in Sydney, as world leaders join public candle-lightings in solidarity with Jewish communities
Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid, Reuters
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12.14.25
Rabbi killed in Bondi Beach warned Australia’s PM before massacre: 'do not betray the Jewish people'
Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a Chabad emissary in Sydney since 2008, was among the 11 victims of the massacre, where a Hanukkah celebration he helped organize was being held; he is survived by five children, including an infant he was filmed holding at a brit milah just weeks ago
Shilo Freid, Itamar Eichner
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12.14.25
Live from Jerusalem: First Hanukkah candle lit at Western Wall as Sydney terror attack casts shadow
Israel and Jewish communities worldwide light the first Hanukkah candle as former hostage Segev Kalfon joins ceremony at the Western Wall, with celebrations overshadowed by the deadly shooting at a Chabad event in Bondi Beach
Shilo Freid
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12.14.25
Diaspora Minister Chikli blames Australian government for Bondi Beach terror attack
Jewish leaders have warned for years about the increasing number of antisemitic incidents in the country, with organizations condemning the government’s failure to address the issue
Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid
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12.14.25
800 days after Oct. 7, families and former hostages demand Netanyahu order state inquiry
Dozens sign letter urging an immediate, independent commission to probe failures before and during the Hamas attack, decisions since then and the handling of hostages, warning delays risk obscuring the truth
Shilo Freid
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12.14.25
Flooding, rescues and hypothermia as Storm Byron sweeps Israel
Heavy rain from Storm Byron triggered flooding and dozens of rescues across southern Israel; cars were submerged in Ashkelon, residents were trapped in homes, a man died of hypothermia in Jerusalem and searches continue for a missing teen near the Yarkon River
Roni Green Shaulov, Ilana Curiel, Shilo Freid, Gilad Cohen, Yair Kraus
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12.12.25
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