Bnei brak

Police arrest 16-year-old from Bnei Brak suspected of setting fire to Pride flag in Tel Aviv

The teen was arrested on Sunday morning, and police found a burnt Pride flag and a lighter during a search of his belongings.

Burned flag found in home of 16-year-old from Bnei Brak.
View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Multiple injured as severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak

Evidence found in the home of man accused of selling fake measles preventative and cure.

Police arrest man accused of impersonating healthcare professional, selling false measles cure

Haredi protesters block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak during a protest denouncing the IDF draft, December 28, 2025.

Haredi Peleg Yerushalmi protest blocks Highway 4, police attempt to disperse anti-draft activists


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.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis offers COVID-19 treatment to all sectors

The surprising initiative comes against the backdrop of fierce clashes between the wider ultra-Orthodox community and the Israel Police over COVID-19 restrictions.

A home visit by Chasdei Amram volunteers includes training for family members who are managing their relatives’ treatment.

Amid COVID-19, the haredi shtetl lifestyle is dying in flames

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Ultra-Orthodoxy’s conduct in the face of the pandemic threatens its historic deal with the Jewish state.

YOUNG MEN watch a garbage bin burn in Bnei Brak on Sunday, during riots against enforcement of a lockdown designed to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Haredi COVID-19 riots in Bnei Brak are not an intifada - analysis

Bnei Brak is no Jenin.

Police clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against the police enforcement of a lockdown orders due to the coronavirus, in the city of Bnei Brak, January 24, 2021.

Anarchy in Bnei Brak as ultra-Orthodox vandals run riot

Ultra-Orthodox politicians condemn police response.

Violent riots continued late into the night in Bnei Brak against the background of police enforcement of coronavirus regulations in the ultra-Orthodox city.

Bnei Brak bus driver: 'I don’t know how I’m alive'

"For 15 minutes the police either could not or did not want to send a car – all the while one of the people rioting got onto the bus and began punching and kicking me."

Haredi rioters torch bus in Bnei Brak, Jan. 24, 2021

Police made secret deal not to enforce lockdown in Bnei Brak - report

It seems the deal came to an end following clashes with Vizhnitz hassidim Thursday.

Bnei Brak street scene, April 3

Vizhnitz grand rabbi instructs schools to open

“I hereby order in the open that Vizhnitz schools be opened and that these words be published in the official ultra-Orthodox Hamodia newspaper tomorrow.”

A Simchat Beit Hashoeva celebration at the Viznitz hasidic headquarters in Bnei Brak last year.