Haredi demographics

Cutting support for Haredi families would weaken Israel’s demographic resilience, economy - opinion

Population decline can create a feedback loop. As populations shrink, the burden on younger generations grows, making it harder for young couples to raise families.

An ultra-Orthodox man blows a shofar ahead of Rosh Hashanah in Mea She’arim in Jerusalem in August
 THE ZIONIST identity didn’t overcome the Jewish identity, nor did the opposite occur: An IDF soldier puts on tefillin.

National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds

An Israeli soldier guard as young men gathered during a demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews against Israel's military draft on June 17, 2026 outside the Beit Lid military base in Kfar Yona, Israel. The conscription of young ultra-Orthodox men into the military, from which they were long exempt.

Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions

Avigdor Liberman speaks at a Knesset meeting during the first week of the Israeli Parliament's winter session, October 27, 2025

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


Israel must legalize gender segregation, Orthodox parties demand

Religious Zionist Party and United Torah Judaism demand to allow segregated events, services and studies for the haredi and Orthodox public.

 A curtain to separate between men and women during shopping, hang on the wall of a fish shop in downtown Jerusalem

Israel is facing a ticking bomb: Haredi unemployment

How will the unemployment rates within the Haredi community impact Israel's future?

 ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men and children in Netanya.

Israel's haredi Jews deserve better leaders - opinion

We are no longer willing to live in poverty and to accept unnecessary limitations in our lives in unquestioning obedience to the Rabbis.

 ULTRA-ORTHODOX children push a desk in a hallway of a school in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood.

Why were haredi political factions against the WZO anniversary event?

Members of the Zionist executive from around the world gathered on stage in Basel singing Hatikvah, but where were the members of haredi political factions?

Shas leader Arye Deri (right) and UTJ leader Ya'acov Litzman (far left) attend a meeting in Jerusalem.

Long overdue change is coming to the haredi school system - opinion

Haredi schools that choose to implement core studies like math, English and science will receive 100% guaranteed funding from the state, contingent upon students passing their external exams.

YOUNG HAREDI students in Rehovot last year.

Report: One out of seven Jews worldwide are haredim, projected to be 20%-25% by 2040

A new report released by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) is the first-ever attempt to estimate the global haredi population.

Two haredi children in Jerusalem, illustrative.

Understanding Haredi society: Eda Haredit and Peleg Yerushalmi

Who are the Eda Haredit, or the "Fearful Community," and how are they different from the Peleg Yerushalmi? Here is everything you need to know about Haredi sects.

 EDA HAREDIT Gaavad Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (center) attends a ceremony for a new synagogue, in Beit Shemesh, March 31.

Where will Miriam Naor go with the Meron disaster state inquiry?

Naor is a moderate, but she is secular and a moderate activist.

     Former Supreme Court President Miriam Naor at the Supreme Court hall during a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court Judge Uri Shoham in Jerusalem on August 2, 2018.

Israel has a major societal disconnect and it must be fixed

First Meron, then Givat Ze’ev. All after a year of Covid chaos. It's time for our Haredi brethren and community leaders to shape up, but also for secular society to stop the baseless hatred.

THE FUNERAL of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, on Sunday, in Jerusalem. The failure of haredi communities to come to terms with COVID-19, leading to extraordinary high rates of illness and death, requires soul-searching both internally and externally.

The American Jewry demographic is only growing and becoming more diverse

We need to confront them truthfully and acknowledge the opportunities and challenges that they present to Jewish vitality in 21-century America.

American Jews [Illustrative]