Sephardic

"What, He’s Sephardi?”: Arrest of Yeshiva Bochur Ignites Firestorm in Haredi Politics

Haredi journalist Chanani Breitkopf has ignited a storm in the ultra-Orthodox world, accusing political leaders of abandoning a Sephardi yeshiva student arrested as a draft deserter. In a fiery column and interview, Breitkopf claimed that had the student been Ashkenazi and well-connected, help would have arrived swiftly.