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.

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

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

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

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


The haredim, Israel’s moderates

To some, this might sound like heresy and lunacy in equal measure. The haredim have been called many things in their time – but moderate?

SHLOMO CHRISTOPHER POZNER’S Shabbos video work looks at the delicate balancing act between Jerusalem’s haredi residents and the secular establishment.

Religious parties may prevent needed budget restraint after election

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, known as Haredim, make up about 10 percent of Israel’s population and, with their typically large families, that percentage is expected to swell.

Yaakov Litzman voting

Yisrael Beytenu petitions High Court to stop extension on haredi draft bill

The deadline for the enlistment bill has been extended several times, the last extension occurring in early December, setting the current January 15 deadline.

Ultra-orthodox in the IDF: A Nahal Haredi swearing-in ceremony

Degel Hatorah, Agudat Yisrael to run together

A source in Aguda confirmed that it appears the two parties will be able to come to an agreement to run together.

DEGEL HATORAH and Agudat Yisrael councils 370

Labor-force participation

Haredi men and Arab woman are the focus of efforts to increase the labor-force participation.

Labor-force participation

Graduates of haredi civil service begin their journey in public service

Haredi men from across the spectrum of the community, Sephardi, hassidic, and “Lithuanian” non-hassidic, all participated in and completed the six-month long course called “Influencers.”

"Artwork" of Haredi Jew in London

Haredi parties don’t rule out new enlistment proposals

The proposals include financial sanctions against the state yeshiva budget for failure to meet enlistment targets.

Haredi soldier

May 9, 2018: Targeted for extinction

Letters

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Lessons from a stormy political week

At the heart of this political thriller lay a tragedy, the tragedy of ultra-Orthodoxy.

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jew is being carried away by police after blocking a main road in Bnei Barak during a protest

The balanced policy:

The key to ultra-Orthodox integration

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a Bible as he protests against a monthly prayer session of the Women of the Wall group at the Western Wall, 2013