Word: haredim
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...something like glee. Lieberman's Modern Orthodox affiliations are impeccable. More to the point, says Freedman, he is a "shining example" of the movement's positive ideal, "that you can immerse and be made stronger; that you are enriched and society is enriched by the dynamic encounter." Will the haredim buy it? Not likely. Says Bayme: "Modern Orthodoxy's future will not be decided by who gets nominated Vice President. But this represents an enormous opportunity for the movement to find its voice again." It will also remind more liberal Jews that there is an Orthodoxy with which they...
...haredim, whose impact on politics in Israel is increasing, are (a) radical Palestinians (b) ultra-Orthodox Jews (c) secular Jews (d) conservative Palestinians...
...past decade of more than 800,000 people from the former Soviet Union, the vast majority of whom are nonreligious. Today two-thirds of Israelis define themselves as secular. Included within the religious third are 10% of the general population who belong to the ultra-Orthodox, or haredim (literally "those who fear"), distinguished by the black hats and robes worn...
Secular women are riled by Orthodoxy's chauvinism. Last June in Jerusalem rioting haredim pelted men and women with excrement for praying at the Western Wall in a mixed group. In 1996 haredi "modesty patrols" began attacking women on Jerusalem's streets for exposing their arms or legs. Secular women were offended last year when Rabbi Yosef pronounced that men should not walk between two women, just as they should not walk between two donkeys, lest they take on the attributes of these lesser beasts...
Relations with the Palestinians are another fault line. Some 56% of secular Israelis support the peace process, compared with only 9% of the haredim and 24% of the so-called modern Orthodox. One group of rabbis went so far as to instruct army soldiers to disobey any order to withdraw from parts of the West Bank, an invitation to insurrection. A survey last fall showed that 27% of religious teenagers condone the murder of Rabin...