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Bnei Brak

Hasidim learn and pray for the recovery of the Vizhnitz Rebbe
Baruch Hashem

Vizhnitz Rebbe’s complex procedure ends successfully after global prayers

After hours of tension—and fervent prayers from thousands across the globe—the Rebbe emerged from surgery in stable condition.

Chaya Mushka Rubenstein
MAR 18, 2025
Inside the Heichalei wedding hall

Brides in limbo

Security scare shuts down Bnei Brak wedding halls, families in chaos

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Grenade

Targeting a well-known media consultant

3AM grenade launched in Bnei Brak, shattering the quiet

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Divorce

Shalom Bayis Crisis: What’s Behind the 40% Spike?

Frum Marriages in Crisis: Divorce Rates Soar Across Eretz Yisroel – Here’s What’s Happening

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Yeshiva students

Targeting Yeshiva Students

Crisis in Yeshiva World: Missionary Groups Posing as Haredim Target Students

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Scene of fatal accident, in which a woman was killed in Bnei Brak

Baruch Dayan HaEmet

BNEI BRAK: Esther Ilani dies in fatal truck accident – in front of her family members

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Major General David Zini

Haredim Verbally Assault IDF Maj.-Gen. "Murderer" Shouted at Him

WATCH: Major-General David Zini rescued after verbal assault by Haredim in Bnei Brak restaurant

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Injured hand

What has the world come to?

Israeli woman stabs doctor at Bnei Brak clinic after treatment delay

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Ultra orthodox jews walking in the street in the Ultra orthodox town of Bnei Brak

'The Itzkowitz of the North' at Risk

Battle Over Bnei Brak's Biggest Synagogue Reaches Breaking Point

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Memorial candle

Baruch Dayan HaEmet.

Rebbetzin Devorah Bergman, Daughter of Rav Shach, Passes Away at 97

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews light candles on Hanukkah, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood on December 26, 2024

The Numbers Are In

REVEALED: Haredi birth rates PLUMMET as internet use SOARS

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Rescue workers at the fire.

Five Others Are Lightly Injured

HORRIBLE: Fire in Bnei Brak seriously injures two year old

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Funeral of Rabbi Aaron Deutsch zt"l

Loss of a gadol

Photo Essay: Thousands at funeral of Rabbi Asher Deutsch zt"l, leader of the "Jerusalem faction"

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Ponevezh burial ground

Baruch Dayan HaEmet

Drama in Bnei Brak: Battle over Rabbi Deutsch's burial site raises fears of violence

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image of something

An Only in Israel Story

Why this Cholent store moved us to tears

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Illustrative: 'Kavim' busses in Israel

A happy(ish) ending

NIGHTMARE BUS JOURNEY: Two Haredi girls trapped on public bus after Arab driver goes rogue

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Scene of the accident

Breaking News

Terror attack: Bus driver strikes 2 pedestrians in Bnei Brak, Driver arrested

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Memorial candle

Brauch Dayna HaEmet

Rabbi Chanoch Berman, the Steipler Rav's grandson, passed away

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Torched playground equipment in Bnei Brak

Haredi Teens at Risk

Bnei Brak kids torch neighborhood playground in likely arson

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Miriam Jungreis

If seen call Police Hotline 100

Missing person: Miriam Jungreis left her home in Bnei Brak yesterday and has since disappeared 

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