Haredi Judaism
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Haredi Judaism is a sector of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted halakha and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating valu
A Haredi Hasidic family walking in Brooklyn, New York City
Young Haredi Jews in Jerusalem, 2005
Haredi Rabbis and students writing a Torah scroll (Haredi settlement of Beitar Illit, Gush Etzion)
Hasidic family on the street in Borough Park, Brooklyn
Shas
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Shas is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, i
Haredi Judaism
…to the Sephardic Haredi stream. In recent decades, Haredi society has grown due to the addition of a religious population that identifies with the Shas movement. The percentage of people leaving the Haredi population has been estimated between 6% and 18%. Not all leave the Orthodox community, as some…
Aryeh Deri, chairman of Shas
Eli Yishai in 2009
Ovadiah Yosef, long-time spiritual leader of Shas
Shas party ballot 2009