Haredim

Criticism without a platform, the problem with Bennett’s return - opinion

Bennett’s campaign leans on critique and rhetoric, offering little clarity on policy, governance, or Israel’s future direction.

Naftali Bennett.
 Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber visits the Bnei David study hall, where Jewish philosophy is also taught.

Religious Zionism is under attack in Israel - opinion

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is underdiagnosed in ultra-Orthodox and Arab-Israeli populations, according to Jerusalem Taub Center for Social Policy Studies.

Haredi, Arab children with autism face inequality and delay in diagnosis, study finds

Opposition leader and Yair Lapid announced  that his party would demand the Education Ministry portfolio in the next government, naming MK Meirav Cohen (Yesh Atid) as his appointment for education minister. February 5.

Lapid unveils plan to improve education system, demands Education Minstry portfolio in next gov't


Haredim verbally assault IDF Maj.-Gen. in Bnei Brak restaurant

Dozens of young men could be heard shouting insults at him, calling "murderer," and "shame on you."

 Footage showing Maj.-Gen. David Zini being escorted by Israel police. January 9, 2025.

338 haredim join IDF's special new tracks, compared to 10,000 summoned

Of the 338 new haredi draftees, 211 are in combat units, while 127 are in units to support combat units.

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Gantz, Lapid push back against haredi draft exemption bill in the Knesset

Opposition MKs called the proposed haredi draft exemption bill harmful to IDF soldiers and warned of an intense parliamentary and public struggle to block its swift passage.

MKs Gadi Eisenkot (L) and Benny Gantz (R) seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

No backroom deals on IDF haredi draft bill, Likud MK Edelstein vows

“There are all kinds of talk about agreements behind the committee’s back. There is no such thing as behind the back of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee,” Edelstein said.

 Likud MK Yuli Edelstein attends a plenum session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Five Israelis from Safed killed in fatal car accident in Morocco

The five killed were residents of Safed, and were all Breslov Hasidim, two of whom had families, according to Israeli media.

View of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, on May 2, 2018.

Netanyahu, IDF at odds over how many haredim it can absorb

While Netanyahu says IDF needs to build new programs, military said last week its tailored tracks for haredim were ready to go.

 A CONFRONTATION takes place between haredim and police at a protest against drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the military, outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer.

High Court suggests compromise extending haredi daycare for three months

The compromise would enable subsidies to continue for three months after the start of the school year, expecting them to expire at the end of November.

 DESPITE THE IDF’s calculation that it needs 7,000 new troops, the vote to revive an older haredi draft bill was approved by the majority of the Knesset members.

Haredi leaders urge draft defiance on front page of 'Yated Ne'eman' newspaper

Rabbi Dov Landau proclaimed: “We know full well that no yeshiva student or kollel scholar will join the army—under any circumstances and in any form whatsoever.”

The cover of a Haredi newspaper against the draft of Haredim into the IDF.

IDF issues a thousand draft notices for haredi recruits, 6,000 more planned

One thousand haredi IDF draft orders were sent out on Sunday, and 6,000 more are planned for the coming two months. However, the IDF is weak on arrests, leaving the real fight to the government.

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

How are ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting IDF service if they're too busy studying Torah? - opinion

While demanding that the government function better, shouldn’t the government also reallocate some money funding ultra-Orthodox draft-dodgers to better protect our soldiers?

 A CONFRONTATION takes place between haredim and police at a protest against drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the military, outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer.