Jerusalem – Shimon Peres Funeral Poses Large Security Challenge
Traffic will be restricted and diverted throughout Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday to enable the funeral convoy and the entrance of foreign dignitaries.
Stabbing Attack In Jerusalem’s Old City
Two Israelis were wounded Monday morning in a terror attack in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Former Netanyahu Chauffeur Convicted of Raping Six Girls Over Two Decades
Ilan Shmuel, a former chauffer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting six girls between 9 and 16 years old, some of them related to him.
Recalcitrant Husband Takes Rabbis To Court Over Shaming
A Supreme Court panel of seven justices will hear petitions by Oded Gez and Sharon Ben-Chaim – husbands who refuse to give their wives divorces against the social sanctions levied against them by the Rabbinical Court. The hearing will take place tomorrow (Tuesday).
Eight Chinese Tourists Spend $4,390 At Jerusalem Hummus Restaurant
Eight Chinese tourists managed to spend more than $4,000 at a hummus restaurant in Jerusalem and the Israeli Foreign Ministry is now searching for them to find out if they were ripped off.
Haredi Father Who Blocked Son’s Divorce Given Prison Sentence
A haredi man who urged his son to withhold a divorce from his wife must serve time in prison, after he lost his appeal to Israel’s highest rabbinical court.
Jerusalem – 3 Arrested For Fabricating Pedophilic Christian Cult To Defraud Donors
Three Jerusalem residents who allegedly swindled donors into giving money to combat a nonexistent Christian cult they claimed was kidnapping, sexually abusing and forcibly converting hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish children to Christianity have been arrested, police said.
Rabbi Aryeh Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva of Mir Brachfeld, Passes Away
Rabbi Aryeh Finkel, the Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) at the Mir Brachfeld yeshiva in Modi’in Illit, and member of the Council of Torah Sages, passed away last night (Tuesday). He was 85.
Jerusalem Therapist Alon Shamir Accused of Raping Two Sisters For Years
A 50-year-old therapist from Jerusalem was indicted for the rape of two sisters who were his patients in the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday.
Jerusalem – Ultra-Orthodox Father Indicted on Charges of Sexual Abuse of Daughters
A major criminal indictment was filed on Thursday against a 50-year-old father of 11 children in Jerusalem District Court on allegations that he had committed sexual offenses against two of his daughters for a period of years, including rape.