Haredi demographics

Equality requires universal draft, participation in economy and workforce, MK Liberman says

Ultra-Orthodox populations must join not just the military but the workforce if Israel wants to have a sustainable economic future, Liberman said at the Ogen Conference.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Avigdor Liberman speaks at a Knesset meeting during the first week of the Israeli Parliament's winter session, October 27, 2025
HAREDI JEWS walk in the streets of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Coalition, opposition spar as preliminary vote on haredi daycare bill nears

United Torah Judaism threatens to oppose other coalition bills if daycare bill falls

|ByELIAV BREUER
ULTRA-ORTHODOX men protest against the haredi draft, in Jerusalem last week.

A country at a crossroads: The issue of Haredi IDF service post-October 7 - analysis

The closest way to a compromise would be some variation on the Benny Gantz proposal of all Haredim having to do national service, with a more symbolic number serving in the IDF.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
HAREDI MEN protest outside the IDF recruiting office in Jerusalem.

Post-October 7: What does a haredi IDF draft look like?

Pre-October 7, draft exemptions were thought to be a solution to the haredi unemployment rate.

|ByEVE YOUNG

Haredi women: A new force in the country's economy

A workforce to be reckoned with.

MAY 15, 2014ByMIRIAM KRESH
Temech has created more than 4,500 jobs for women since 2008.

Between secular and haredi worlds

Until now, there has been little government support to aid the integration of citizens leaving the haredi fold for a secular life.

MAY 1, 2014ByYARDENA SCHWARTZ
Secular patrons at a Jerusalem cafe.

Fundamentally Freund: Why the Messiah tarries

What a wasted opportunity.

MARCH 3, 2014ByMICHAEL FREUND
Haredi mass prayer rally in Jerusalem

Secondary education: The primary challenge for integrating haredim into the workforce

The challenge of integrating haredim into the Israeli workforce has been a source of much public debate in recent years.

FEBRUARY 8, 2014ByEITAN REGEV
haredi in class in elad school student 370