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4 unusual facts about Haredi Judaism


Charles J. Hynes

Hynes has been criticized for alleged reluctance in prosecuting cases of sexual abuse against children in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, which make up a significant segment of Brooklyn.

Jerusalem Central Bus Station

The decision to include a shopping concourse within the bus station was criticized by the Haredi community.

Yeshivat Aderet Eliyahu

Yeshivat Aderet Eliyahu (ישיבת אדרת אליהו), commonly referred to as "Zilberman's," is a Haredi, Lithuanian educational facility located between the Jewish and Muslim quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem.

Yossele Schumacher affair

Due to financial difficulties, his parents requested that Yossele's Haredi grandparents, Nachman and Miriam Straks, take care of him.


Gender separation in Judaism

Many followers of Haredi Judaism have taken on the practice of separate seating while traveling.

Gimzo

Today the moshav consists of 140 families with over 700 residents, including ultra-orthodox and orthodox Jewish residents of both Sephardic and Ashkenazi backgrounds who lead a "religious-Zionist lifestyle".

Making of a Godol

and of various other Jewish sages of the 19th and 20th centuries, who are revered by Orthodox (especially Haredi) Jews.

Oral Torah

Belief that the Oral Torah was transmitted orally from God to Moses on Mount Sinai during the Exodus from Egypt is a fundamental tenet of faith of Orthodox and Haredi Judaism, and was recognized as one of the Thirteen Principles of Faith by Maimonides.

Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York

The Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York (TIUNY) is an all male educational institution for high school and college age young men located in Rochester, New York and is primarily an American, Lithuanian style Haredi but non-Hasidic yeshiva.


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