Bnei brak

Son of rabbi who verbally attacked IDF chief says father receives no state funding whatsoever

This comes after Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi was heard cursing Zamir and calling him “accursed” and “may his name be erased.”

ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men attend a rally against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with military recruitment orders, in Bnei Brak, June 29, 2026.
RESIDENTS OF Kfar Yona protest against an ultra-Orthodox demonstration opposing the arrest of Haredi draft evaders near the Beit Lid military prison in central Israel, June 24, 2026.

Counterprotest begins in Bnei Brak after mass traffic disruption from ultra-orthodox draft protest

Haredi protestors stand under a bridge, blocking a road near Bnei Brak on Wednesday, 17 June.

WATCH: Some 10,000 protesters block two highways in protest of IDF haredi draft

ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order in Bnei Brak, April 28, 2026.

WATCH: Haredi protesters shout 'kill all Jews,' throw stones at police attempting to restore order


Israeli women's rights activists march on ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak

In an unusual move, the police have sanctioned the protest to take place in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak.

Women's rights protesters march on Bnei Brak, August 24, 2023

Israel hospital hacking disrupts services; Cyberattackers unknown

The attack has disabled the hospital's administrative computer systems, but has not impacted the operations of actual medical equipment.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Israeli wounded in Bnei Brak stabbing attack by Palestinian teen

The Palestinian teen was arrested, police added. The wounded man, in moderate condition, was taken to Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

Bnei Brak street scene, April 3

Israeli girl hospitalized for rat bites as infestation plagues Bnei Brak

The city of Bnei Brak has for months suffered an infestation of rats, which has led to multiple incidents of children being hospitalized after rat bites.

 Rats (illustrative).

Ashdod female mayoral candidate's campaign posters vandalized

Ashdod mayoral candidate Helen Gelber criticized the incident and vowed not to let Ashdod become Bnei Brak.

View of new high-rise apartment buildings next to older small homes, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod

200,000 gather as senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi Edelstein laid to rest

Netanyahu: Jewish world lost a brilliant scholar, leader • The funeral service has begun

 Thousands at the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein. May 30, 2023

Israeli pharmacy returns images of women's faces to products in Bnei Brak

Last week, the branch located in a haredi area made headlines when it covered the faces of the models on boxes of hair dye with purple stickers.  

 Illustrative image of boxes of hair dye.

Stop the demonization of Israel's haredim - editorial

The absence of that sense of common good leads to resentment, frustration and even hatred.

 Haredi youth are handcuffed together during a protest against National Service enlistment in Jerusalem’s Shabbat Square.

Was Bnei Brak Jewish community's founding blessed by a hassidic rebbe?

Did the Sochaczewer Rebbe stand in the street of Bnei Brak and pronounced this rare blessing with God’s name.

 BNEI BRAK main street, 1938.

Haredim declare boycott of Angel bakery after Bar-Lev protests in Bnei Brak

Haredi MKs questioned the legitimacy of the bakery's kashrut as it is chaired by Bar Lev, and claimed that the former minister "has no respect for the Torah."

 Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev at the Knesset, May 31, 2022.