Ultra-Orthodox leader draws ire with call to work
JERUSALEM (AP) —With his dark suit, black skullcap and graying beard, Rabbi Haim Amsalem hardly looks the part of a revolutionary. But the soft-spoken lawmaker is causing an uproar in the influential and tight-knit ultra-Orthodox world in Israel with a simple message: It’s time for people to go to work. It is a stunning call to upend a tradition ingrained … Read More