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.
Coalition, opposition spar as preliminary vote on haredi daycare bill nears
A country at a crossroads: The issue of Haredi IDF service post-October 7 - analysis
Post-October 7: What does a haredi IDF draft look like?
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.
Law revoking requirement for haredi schools to teach core curriculum expected to pass
"Perhaps half of haredi parents want children to have general education at elementary school level," says haredi high-school principal.
Status quo?
Expanding the coalition offers opportunities: to end religious discrimination against non-Orthodox streams of Judaism; to break Orthodoxy’s monopoly of religious services.
Haredi change
The study, entitled “A Picture of the Nation,” found that among Jewish populations, there is more movement from religious schools to less religious schools than movement in the opposite direction.
