Abraham. "The Lithuanian Haredi establishment built a racist and cruel system designed to ensure that a woman like me, a young Mizrahi woman, would remain invisible, poor and dependent on them."

Abraham. “The Lithuanian Haredi establishment built a racist and cruel system designed to ensure that a woman like me, a young Mizrahi woman, would remain invisible, poor and dependent on them.”

Naomi Abraham, a lawyer and economist who grew up in – but later left – the ultra-Orthodox world, asserts that Israeli society is oblivious to what really drives Haredim. ‘The wheeler-dealer oligarchy isn’t dealing in theology. It’s dealing in real estate, land registration and shadow banking,’ she says. ‘Just look at the balance sheets’

07:18 AM • May 09 2026 IDT

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