http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1809880,00.html
Among Israel's ultra-orthodox Jews, the Haredim, social workers are
often called "child-snatchers" and the police "Cossacks," harking back
to the 19th century pogroms against Jews in Russia. These cloistered
communities, in which women are expected to raise and financially
support their large families while their husbands spend their days
stooped over the Torah, make up 10% of Israel's population and a third
of Jerusalem's, and consider themselves defenders of a core morality in
Jewish society. But that moral authority has come under scrutiny since
evidence began to emerge in March of incest, rape and child abuse in
four different ultra-orthodox enclaves around the country.
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Among Israel's ultra-orthodox Jews, the Haredim, social workers are
often called "child-snatchers" and the police "Cossacks," harking back
to the 19th century pogroms against Jews in Russia. These cloistered
communities, in which women are expected to raise and financially
support their large families while their husbands spend their days
stooped over the Torah, make up 10% of Israel's population and a third
of Jerusalem's, and consider themselves defenders of a core morality in
Jewish society. But that moral authority has come under scrutiny since
evidence began to emerge in March of incest, rape and child abuse in
four different ultra-orthodox enclaves around the country.
Click the link above to read more
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