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More Details Emerge about Veiled Women’s Cult

November 27, 2011 by 18 Comments
Women in shalim in Jerusalem

Tamar Rotem discussed the recent opposition to the cult of the veiled women in the Haaretz Friday weekly Hashavua. Even Haaretz calls them "Taliban women" only in quotes. She reviews the incidents of the last few weeks leading to a condemnation of the cult by the Edah Haredit: A 16-year-old boy got married twice withing several months. The first wife had returned to her parents' home and refused to receive a get (writ of divorce). When she learned of the remarriage, she and the young man went to Rabbi Karelitz's rabbinic court in Bnei Brak for the divorce. At first the family maintained that the groom received a "heter me'ah rabbanim," a document signed by 100 rabbis allowing a man … [Read more...]

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Veiled Women Called Apikorsim, Told to Wash Dishes

September 25, 2011 by 29 Comments

Rafi recently posted about a pashkevil (wall poster-reproduced and translated below) against the sect, or cult, of veiled women. The pashkevil is signed by the "War Council against the Cult of Cruel Women." Ynet published the picture above, taken in Jerusalem, of young girls in capes and veils. The author of the accompanying article wonders, like I did a while back, why it's acceptable to dress children in this clothing. While the recent poster decries the suffering of women or girls, I don't believe that is the main concern of the authors. In my post on the veiled women's cult in Beit Shemesh, I cited a report about the group's odd practices. For instance, the women don't bathe … [Read more...]

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