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.
National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds
Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions
Equality requires universal draft, participation in economy and workforce, MK Liberman says
Three Ladies, Three Lattes: To work, to work, ‘l’haim’
Secular Pam, modern Orthodox Tzippi and haredi Danit answer your questions on percolating issues in Israel’s complicated social and religious fabric.
Haredi hi-tech opens branch in Jerusalem
Avratech-Ravtech platform could eventually train and employ thousands of haredi men, if the state and other institutions give it sufficient backing.
Haredim and the IDF
On Friday, a man who had been threatening Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan for promoting haredi enlistment was arrested.
Who should I count on?
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics’ 2015 Labor Force Survey, about 29% of Jewish households in Jerusalem are haredi.
Haredi newspaper depicts Ben-Dahan hanging yeshiva students
Deputy defense minister: This paper is encouraging incitement.
Haredi employment, military service, higher education all on the rise
The “2016 Statistical Report on Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel" reviews populations, education, economic, social and political trends in the haredi community.
Drastic fall in haredim serving in civilian service
The severe shortfall in the numbers of haredi men enlisting to the civilian service is likely due to the fact that some 30,000 haredi men aged 22 to 26 were given an immediate exemption.
Israeli demographics present economic challenges, study finds
Israel's life expectancy, it noted, is higher than the OECD average. Without increses in the retirement age, the report argued, people will be spending in retirement will increase 1.5 times by 2055.
Haredi paratrooper company to be launched
Maximum of 80 soldiers to join Paratroopers Brigade’s company in November.
Israel lags OECD in broadband mobile subscriptions
Israel, ahead of only seven countries, has a 25.9% fixed penetration rate.