The Halperin affair which stirs the London community, did not cloud over Lag B'Omer • Hgr"e Halperin lit the central bonfire in the Golders Green neighborhood • Even the son - Rabbi Chaim - participated • Gallery and Video
Chase surveyed conducted in Borough Park: A group of Shomrim volunteers pursued the young man wearing a Chaverim shirt • revealed: the youngster stole expensive equipment, and a shirt from the car
Closing of the 'Cinema City' on Shabbos sparked a wave of secular protests • protesters signed 9,000 people on a petition on the network • will demonstrate on Safra Square on Shabbos • At the same time the Eideh Charedi will also demonstrate
Serious accident at the intersection of Sanhedriya in Jerusalem: 22 year old Haredi woman was hit by a bus • evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem with head injury • Three passengers were mildly injured
Struggle against haredim who joined the army - 'Chardakim' – passes to stickers • Blunt slogans: "religious studies determine - Chardakim pollute the environment and cause parents heart attacks"
Thousands at the lighting of the fire of the Satmar Rebbe in Kiryat Yoel • the Rebbe cut the hair of 125 children, crowd sang awakening melodies - and the flame was lit • Video Gallery
Kashrus Mashgiach, Beitar Illit resident and father of 14, was regularly humiliated by the victim • After a period of provocations, he poured boiling water on him and caused him severe burns on his face
Research by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies indicated the change in trend among residents of the capital • The number of haredim fell last year compared to the number of state and state-religious education students which grew • Mayor and City officials posted the data proudly on Facebook page - and got angry responses
"Tov" faction turned to IBA: 'Lawyer's day' was fixed during the 'three weeks' • Solution: postponed to Succos • Attorney Yechezkel Rosenblum: "Happy they were thoughtful of religious lawyers"
Happy ending – Mazal Tov: Yaakov Yosef Greenwald became engaged to the daughter of R' Yudel Yakav, an activist who worked for his release • The future father in law in a special conversation with Behadrey Haredim "he has a special personality"
Photographer Yaakov Nahumi with spectacular documentation: non-ceasing dances of people of Jerusalem • Halake children parting with their curls • and Rebbe of Toldos Aharon kindling the flame
Harsh tragedy in Beitar Illi: the avrech Harav Aharon Eisenbach, who died suddenly in his sleep • survived by his parents, a widow and five children • father owner of Shaarei Simcha halls
The Beis Midrash of Minchas Elazar of Munkatsh in Montreal is in the threat of a closure order • located in a residential buildinig • Court ruled that special circumstances prevent the closing of the shull
Yishai Driks celebrated the hilula of R' Shimon Bar Yochai with the Sephardi people on Mount Meron • Watch the kindling of the Rishon Letzion Hagr"s Amar • Also: Hachnasas Sefer Torah to the yeshiva of Mekubalim "Ohr Harashbi"
Attended by hundreds of Hassidim, the Tzanzer Rebbe held the customary kindling of Lag Ba'omer • Moshe Goldstein documented the event • From the yearning Tefilla before, to the singing after
Photographer Elishema Sandman was with the thousands on Mount Meron until sunset • Watch the documentation of the kindling event of the Toldos Aharon Rebbe, which concluded the celebrations in Meron
Mekubal Rabbi Benaiahu Shmueli spent a week in Meron with his followers • Two huge tents were set up to accommodate the hundreds of participants • Harav Ovadia Yosef called to give a special blessing
Finance Minister described in a letter to his activists MK Moshe Gafni of United Torah Judaism • "Most of the time functions as an aggressive and rude loudmouth, equipped with a pair of massive lungs, but out range of cameras – a pleasant man"
The law to change the electoral body chief rabbis passed • power of Shas weakened but Harav Ovadia Yosef insists there will be no deal • emerging: if the Amar law will not pass - Shas will operate to appoint Hgr"a Yosef
The fire broke out in a wood factory near the prison • Eight people were injured, including four seriously wounded guards • severely wounded by a fire in Shizfron, near Miron • fire near the settlement of Karmi Yosef
