Bnei brak

Are Irreconcilable differences stopping Israel from healing societal fracture? - opinion

After two female soldiers were chased in Bnei Brak, something sacred was fractured. What happens when Israel no longer feels like one nation?

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak, central Israel, February 15, 2026.
Are women's rights in Israel under attack?

How the haredi draft issue puts the status of Israeli women into question

Ultra-Orthodox rioters clash with police following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak, February 15, 2026.

Tearing Israel apart: Jew-on-Jew violence in Bnei Brak is unacceptable - opinion

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak, central Israel, February 15, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox rioters to remain in custody after chasing female IDF soldiers, clashing with police


Consortium buys Bnei Brak land for 200 homes

The master plan for development in Bnei Brak is approved for 200 apartments in seven-floor buildings.

 Bnei Brak

Kanafeh or cholent? Ambassador Nides visits Bnei Brak mayor, Mansour Abbas

"It is an honor for us that the ambassador chose to make his first visit to a local municipality in Israel to the capital of ultra-Orthodox Judaism."

 US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides is seen shaking hands with Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubenstein in his visit to the city, on December 16, 2021.

Ancient gold coins looted from archaeological sites found in Bnei Brak home

Hundreds of artifacts from the Hasmonean, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic period were saved from an illegal antique dealer.

 Looted gold coins

Swastikas scrawled on Bnei Brak synagogues

Photos of Shira Banki, who was murdered in the Jerusalem Pride Parade in 2015, were scattered in front of the entrance to Young Israel Synagogue.

Swastika scrawled on synagogue in Bnei Brak, July 2021

Teacher of teens-at-risk saves life of Rishon Lezion supermarket worker

The ordeal took just 15 minutes, but it was enough time for the United Hatzalah volunteer to save a man's life.

Teacher and United Hatzalah volunteer Meir Ya'ari.

Grand rabbi of the Spinka hassidic dynasty hospitalized - report

It is unclear what is wrong with the rabbi, other than that he was suffering from shortness of breath.

An ambulance driving in the central Israeli city of Elad, April 5, 2020

Office rental prices start to rebound

Jacky Mukmel, chairman of CBRE Israel, said Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva are still suffering from significant damage to office rental prices due to the large number of purchasing groups projects.

PEOPLE WALK past the Religious Services Ministry office in Jerusalem. At most, this week’s High Court ruling widens the scope of who can become an Israeli through immigration.

Man arrested for trying to enter Rabbi Kanievsky's house with a knife

"Hundreds pass by here every day to be blessed by the rabbi; it was lucky that we noticed the suspect."

One of the leading rabbis of the non-hassidic haredi world, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, 92. October, 2020.

Was a Pagan couple buried in ancient Bnei Brak some 1,800 years ago?

Two stone sarcophagi were uncovered at Ramat Gan Safari Park.

Ancient sarcophagi found at the Ramat Gan Safari Park.

Bnei Brak Municipality entices residents with cholent to get vaccinated

The municipal council has also enlisted the help of at-risk youth in the city to help staff the food distribution points at vaccination centers.

A vaccination drive by the Health Ministry for yeshiva students gets going in the Ponovizeh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak on Thursday afternoon.