Prominent London rabbi resigns in growing Haredi sex scandal
Chaim Halpern yields to mounting pressure from other rabbis, and may yet be the subject of a criminal investigation
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Chaim Halpern, who has already stepped down from his other public roles, remains in place at his Haredi synagogue
View ArticleIn 1800s Poland, Hasidic runaway girls spurred a Jewish school revolution
In 'The Rebellion of the Daughters,' historian Rachel Manekin uncovers the story of ultra-Orthodox girls slipping away to convents in search of a better, more feminist education The post In 1800s...
View ArticleShock in Jerusalem community as ‘rabbi’ outed as undercover Christian missionary
Family has been supported by ultra-Orthodox community after mother died of cancer, father worked as scribe and mohel; investigators say they faked being Jewish to move to Israel The post Shock in...
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