Perhaps it’s counterintuitive, but there is something about the Haredi community of Mea Shearim — an ultra orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem known for its insularity and religious zeal — that makes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Huvy Elisha. (photo credit: HuvyS) Ahuva “Huvy” Elisha lived in step with the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood she called home for the ...

Jerusalem (CNN) — As thousands of men hurried towards the main square in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim on Sunday for a protest, they passed signs declaring “war” on a ...

A sign at the ice cream parlor may caution men and women not to lick cones in public, but the warning didn’t stop Jewish zealots vandalizing the shop in Jerusalem’s main ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.

Protesters marched in Mea Shearim a day after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that men and women cannot be segregated on its main street. Carrying signs reading “Jerusalem is not Tehran” and “A woman ...

Hareidi religious Jews walk by a Sukkah in the hareidi religious Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on September 19, 2021. Several people were injured Saturday evening when a sukkah ...