Haredim women

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
 A haredi man and an IDF soldier pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024

Most haredi IDF recruits had already left the community before enlisting - report

 NOAM IMBER (left) and OMER NUDELMAN in 'Matchmaking 2.'

Love, laughter, and high-stakes Haredi dating in 'Matchmaking 2' - review

 Haredi woman in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 25, 2024.

'Speak quietly': Ashdod rabbis call for restrictive rules for women on public transport


Haredi population tops one million

There is a record low in the poverty rate for the Haredi sector, having diminished from 58% in 2005, reflecting increased integration of Haredi men and women into the work force in recent years.

INCREASED INTEGRATION of Haredim into the workforce has resulted in a record-low poverty rate in the Haredi sector.

December 27, 2017: Lorde? Let it pass

Letters

Haredi woman, 42, in Jerusalem gives birth to her 20th child

A 42-year-old ultra-Orthodox woman and grandmother from Jerusalem gave birth to her 20th child

Babies (Illustrative)

Petition for Haredi women representation in Haredi parties advances

Women do not have the ability to join as Haredi party members so they do not have the ability to hold formal office within the party or stand as candidates.

Haredi women vote in the 2013 elections.

Women who sued to remove Israeli city’s modesty signs get death threats

The women said they received calls on Thursday and Friday threatening them with a kabbalistic ritual calling for their deaths.

Extremists protests as Beit Shemesh takes down modesty signs

London Orthodox teacher fired for living with boyfriend wins legal case

Zelda de Groen told a tribunal that school managers subjected her to a “humiliating” hour-long interview.

A general view is seen of the London skyline from Canary Wharf in London, Britain, October 19, 2016

Shabbat coalition crisis won’t be the last

But will the agreement have the desired effect of reducing the Haredi clamor over Shabbat desecration?

Compilation photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UTJ leader Yaacov Litzman

Remembering Rabin – a call for unity

The ever escalating cycle of hatred and anger between the various factions in Israeli society has become a debilitating disease that goes way beyond political tactics.

Portrait of Rabin as a defense minister: In 1985

IDF opens new track for religious women in Cyber Defense Directorate

The first all-female class of 23 students began September 1rst. They will enlist in IDF in June 2019.

Female IDF soldier in the J6/C4I Cyber Defense Directorate.

# 40 Rachel Freier and Nechama Spiegel - Personifying shifts in the haredi world

A new generation of haredi youth is growing up with broader horizons and aspirations, which affect women no less than it does men.

Rachel Freier (left) and Nechama Spiegel