B'nai Brak
B'NAI BRAK
City in the Tel Aviv suburbs, which, along with Jerusalem, has become one of the principal Jewish ultra-Orthodox centers. It is the capital of the haredim and has the largest yeshivot; life there is markedly removed from the secular world.
SEE ALSO Haredi;Ultra Orthodox;Yeshiva.
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