Haredi population in israel

Study shows how Israel's economy funnels money to ultra-Orthodox families through benefit programs

The study, titled "On Taxes and Wonders," mapped, for the first time comprehensively, all that Israeli citizens give to the state and all that they receive from it.

|ByARIEL FEIGLIN
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector has been protesting over the attempts to draft young haredi men into the military.
HAREDI YESHIVA students

High Court: Israeli gov't must explain why it funds haredi schools without core studies

The order, issued in a petition filed by Hiddush, demands that the Education and Finance ministries explain why state funding is not conditioned on the teaching of core-curriculum subjects.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023.

'We have prayer, we are serving, we are dying': IDF reservists frustrated over haredi draft issue

“My unit has done five rounds. We have lost three guys - three were killed in an ambush last year. We have wounded. You should know that our company of 80 guys, the majority are now religious.”

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Protests against haredi draft begins in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

'Poking a finger in whole country’s eye': Haredi anti-draft protests frustrate Jerusalemites

Many Israelis felt haredim should have to draft, but adaptations should be made to allow them to continue to live an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle while in the army.

|ByESTHER DAVIS

Jerusalem Foundation to invest in haredi women, Arabs, LGBTQ youth in 2023

JFI's Innovation Fund was created in 2020 in an effort to combat the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

MARCH 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Muslala is a nonprofit organization established in 2009 by artists, residents, and community activists of the Muslala neighborhood in Jerusalem. Muslala and the Jerusalem International Fellows (pictured) have both benefited from the Innovation Fund’s helping hand.

First in Gush Dan: Home for haredi lone soldiers opens in Ramat Gan

The house, which is operated by the Netzah Yehuda organization, is the first of its kind in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Roi Barzilai, Deputy Mayor of Ramat Gan, Carmel Shama-HaCohen, Mayor of Ramat Gan attend the dedication ceremony of the first home for haredi lone soldiers in the Tel Aviv metro area on February 15, 2023.

Arye Deri begins battle against obesity after nixing soda tax

Health Minister Deri ordered the rapid implementation of a number of steps meant to combat obesity and diabetes.

JANUARY 9, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Health and Interior Minister Arye Deri at the handover ceremony for the Interior Ministry, January 1, 2023.

Haredi rabbi slams Smotrich for reducing soda tax

"These fools. This donkey is lowering the tax on sugary drinks. Moron. Our country is number one in diabetic amputations. Over 10% of the population."

JANUARY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rabbi Ben Zion Mutzafi.

WATCH: Police release video of woman injured during haredi riots

A new video shows the garbage can that during a riot in Jerusalem seriously injured a passerby, who is still in the hospital in serious condition.

DECEMBER 18, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police officers survey the damage after heavy rioting from ultra-Orthodox protesters in central Jerusalem, December 15, 2022.

Israel is facing a ticking bomb: Haredi unemployment

How will the unemployment rates within the Haredi community impact Israel's future?

NOVEMBER 17, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ
ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men and children in Netanya.

Is Eshkolot the future of haredi secular education in Israel?

While the Eshkolot program has attracted close to 20,000 students, there remains an official stigma among many to publicly acknowledge their participation in the program

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
SEVENTY-FIVE percent of Eshkolot program students are haredi men with no formal secular education.

Israel's haredi Jews deserve better leaders - opinion

We are no longer willing to live in poverty and to accept unnecessary limitations in our lives in unquestioning obedience to the Rabbis.

NOVEMBER 2, 2022ByMENACHEM BOMBACH
ULTRA-ORTHODOX children push a desk in a hallway of a school in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood.

Was there a reclamation of Zionism in Basel?

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: On August 29, 1897, Theodor Herzl convened in Basel the First Zionist Congress. One hundred and twenty-five years later, the WZO chose to commemorate the congress.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
PARTICIPANTS SING ‘Hatikvah’ at the end of a gala event on occasion of the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress at the original venue, the Stadtcasino Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday.

Long overdue change is coming to the haredi school system - opinion

Haredi schools that choose to implement core studies like math, English and science will receive 100% guaranteed funding from the state, contingent upon students passing their external exams.

JULY 2, 2022ByYOSSI SHAIN
YOUNG HAREDI students in Rehovot last year.