Haredi

Belgian authorities arrest two Ashab al-Yamin-linked minors for suspected antisemitic Antwerp arson

Ashab al-Yamin claimed responsibility for the incident, claiming that such attacks will continue until "the blood of Palestinians, Lebanese, and all Muslims" is avenged.

 Belgian police in Antwerp
Opposition leader Yair Lapid slams passing law expanding rabbinical courts’ powers amid war at a party press conference in the Knesset on Monday, March 23, 2026.

'Status quo is dead’: Opposition slams passing law expanding rabbinical courts’ powers amid war

 Jewish yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on September 9, 2024.

Knesset says Finance Ministry acted unlawfully on haredi funding transfers

Soldier from the IDF's Hashmonaim brigade operating in southern Lebanon, March 23, 2026.

IDF’s haredi Hashmonaim Brigade sees first operations in Lebanon in current war


Haredi protesters attack female soldiers, Iran protests gain momentum

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Ultra-Othodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, on Tuesday. These protests were not about honoring the dead, but about avoiding accontability, the writer argues.

WATCH: Israel Police rescue two female IDF soldiers chased by ultra-Orthodox mob in Bnei Brak

Over 20 arrested as haredi parties condemn violence, stress it does not reflect the broader haredi community.

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) mob flips police car while chasing female soldiers in Bnei Brak, February 15, 2026.

Haredi, Arab children with autism face inequality and delay in diagnosis, study finds

The study found two types of inequality: both in the lower rate of children who receive formal diagnoses of being on the spectrum and in a critical delay in the age of diagnosis.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is underdiagnosed in ultra-Orthodox and Arab-Israeli populations, according to Jerusalem Taub Center for Social Policy Studies.

EU appoints first ever haredi to National Team of Higher Education Reform Experts

HERE operates under the Erasmus+ program, and aims to strengthen the connection between academia and the evolving labor market.

YITZIK CROMBIE, the CEO of Israeli start-up Bizmax, poses on November 21 2018 at the company's offices in Jerusalem, the first of its kind for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.

MDA expands Jerusalem emergency response with 22 new haredi female medics

"This is an important volunteering effort that will enable us to strengthen the rapid and professional medical response to the community in Jerusalem and its surroundings," Eli Bin said.

MDA operates 653 motorcycles

Anti-draft haredi protesters block Highway 4, injure two police officers, smash police car window

Israel Police arrested at least nine members of the extremist Peleg Yerushalmi sect who blocked Highway 4 near Bnei Brak to protest recent detentions of haredi draft dodgers.

Haredi anti-draft protesters block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak denouncing the detention of a draft dodger, February 9, 2026.

Why Jerusalem’s last-place quality of life ranking doesn’t tell the full story - opinion

A new quality of life report puts Jerusalem last, yet cranes, jobs, housing, and transit projects point to a great future.

Jerusalem is in the midst of an unprecedented development boom.

The IDF’s haredi pivot: From integration to accommodation - analysis

Facing an acute manpower shortage, the IDF has concluded that if it wants haredim to enlist, accommodation is required.

A haredi protestor yells at IDF soldiers during a protest in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2026.

WATCH: Haredim block roads near Tel Hashomer in protest of IDF draft, deemed unlawful by police

N12 reported that the protests arose because around 80 haredim are scheduled to enlist in combat support roles.

IDF GUARDS outside the recruitment center in Jerusalem as haredim protest the draft, February 4, 2026.

Israelis divided on joining US pre-emptive strike on Iran, ending US military aid - IDI poll

Israelis are divided on Iran, US military aid, and Netanyahu’s role in Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace, according to a new Israel Democracy Institute survey.

Damage in the aftermath of an Iranian ballistic missile hitting a building in Bat Yam, June 29, 2025; illustrative.