Clashes with police leave six policemen and five protesters injured        

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem over army enlistment plans

Written on May 18th, 2013 & filed under Jews Tags: , , ,

An exhibition about the history of the hard-hit community of Greek Sephardic Jews is at the Tolerance Center in Glen Cove, N.Y.

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Review of Exhibition on Jews in Greece During the Holocaust in Glen Cove

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Thousands of men rally in Jerusalem against plans to enrol them into military, saying it would harm their way of life.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israel army draft

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Ultra-orthodox Jews have clashed with police in Jerusalem for the second time in a week after a mass demonstration against plans to draft religious students into the Israeli army erupted in violence.

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Ultra-orthodox Jews protest over army service

A demonstration in Jerusalemby radical strictly Orthodox Jews against a new plan to compel them to join the Israeli army turned violent late Thursday night…

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PHOTOS: Orthodox Jews In Jerusalem Riot Against Military Conscription

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem on Thursday against plans to enlist men from their community into the military, a proposal supported by the secular majority pushing for a more equal share of the burden on Israeli society. A sea of black coats – the traditional attire of ultra-Orthodox men – engulfed Jerusalem streets near the city's military draft bureau where the crowd …

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest in Jerusalem, Vowing to Defy Draft

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By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem on Thursday against plans to enlist men from their community into the military, a proposal supported by the secular majority pushing for a more equal share of the burden on Israeli society. A sea of black coats – the traditional attire of ultra-Orthodox men – engulfed Jerusalem streets near the city's …

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem, vow to defy draft

Quebec Citizenship Minister Bernard Drainville has criticized a west-end Montreal tradition to relax parking restrictions in order to accommodate devout Jews during the Shavuot holiday.

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PQ minister criticizes parking accommodation for observant Jews

JERUSALEM — Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from entering the most hotly contested Jerusalem holy site after Palestinian demonstrations.

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Israeli Jews temporarily barred from Jerusalem holy site

JERUSALEM – Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from entering a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem after Palestinian demonstrations.

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Police bar Jews, tourists from Jerusalem's holiest site