Clashes with police leave six policemen and five protesters injured
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem over army enlistment plans
Clashes with police leave six policemen and five protesters injured
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem over army enlistment plans
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
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
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
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