An Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish news website has cut Kim Kardashian -- one of the world's most photographed women -- from a photo taken of her in Jerusalem this week. The original photo of Kardashian, her husband, Kanye West, and Jerusalem's Mayor Nir Barkat was altered to put Kardashian behind a restaurant receipt. Kardashian was blurred in another. Nissim Ben Haim, an editor at the Kikar Hashabat website, said Wednesday they removed Kardashian because she's a "pornographic symbol" who contradicts ultra-Orthodox values. In an article chiding Barkat for dining with them at a nonkosher restaurant, Kardashian was referred to as "West's wife." Within the insular ultra-Orthodox community, pictures of women often aren't shown out of modesty. In January, an ultra-Orthodox newspaper removed German Chancellor Angela Merkel from a photo.
Israeli ultra-Orthodox site cuts Kim Kardashian from photo
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish news website Kikar Hashabat replaces a photo of Kim Kardashian dining with a restaurant receipt • Website editor Nissim Ben Haim says Kardashian is a "pornographic symbol" who contradicts ultra-Orthodox values.
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