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


Haredi soldier wins NIS 500k in suit against extremist haredi harassers

Radical elements in the Haredi community have waged a vitriolic campaign of incitement and harassment against haredi IDF officers in the past few years.

Haredi Youth

Haredi disarray: The tensions behind the ultra-orthodox protests

Have we just witnessed a major crack in the ultra-Orthodox edifice, or just temporary disruptions from a handful of extremists?

ULTRA-ORTHODOX men sit on a road during the ‘day of rage’ protest near Modi’in on October 19

World Jewry more worried by Haredi than Arab growth in Jerusalem, study finds

Nonetheless, the study also found that most of Diaspora Jewry still wants the capital to remain Jewish in nature.

Alia Tunisi, a school teacher, and one of her students at Jerusalem's Hand in Hand Arab-Jewish bilingual school.

Liberal Jerusalem group plans ‘secular day of rage’

The major counter-protest comes after weeks of violent demonstrations by haredi extremists who blocked main traffic arteries in Israel in protest over draft warrants.

Anti-religious coercion protest in Jerusalem last month.

New IDF directorate established to increase numbers of haredi enlistees

“Whoever wants to learn Torah should continue to do so, we don’t want to carry out belligerent operations here, we want to help those interested in serving but who don’t have the right information."

IDF soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion are seen during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem

Grapevine: Aggression in Arad

According to several residents of Arad, the Ger Hassidim are trying to take over public buildings and want to put their hands on the city’s finances.

The violence in Arad began after a secular resident hung a poster besmirching the ultra- Orthodox residents of the city.

Haredi conscription order won't change anything, because PM has chosen sides

Netanyahu has been on the haredim's side all along, so why does everyone think that the new High Court ruling would suddenly cause the government to collapse?

Netanyahu at nahal haredi base 311

More Arabs join the work force - and not just in blue collar jobs

Tsofen encourages the establishment and development of hi-tech centers in major Arab cities and communities.

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Beit Shemesh bullies

Any ideas for a more peaceful coexistence?

Beit Shemesh

Head of US Reform Movement rejects new Western Wall negotiations with PM

“Those negotiations led to a true compromise, and to start again and pretend that what has taken place hasn’t happened is naive,” said the rabbi.

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, delivers the keynote address at the URJ biennial convention in Orlando, Florida, November 7