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.

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

 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

HAREDI MEN protest outside the IDF recruiting office in Jerusalem.

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


Hundreds flock to English-tutoring project for haredi community

Former MK Rabbi Dov Lipman is helping with the project, which attracted almost a thousand participants in its first day.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths study religious texts at a synagogue in Jerusalem April 7, 2011.

Podcast: 'Things will change when we haredim are the majority'

On this episode of Taxicab Diplomacy, driver Oren gives his opinion on religion and the state.

Haredi political rally in Bnei Brak, March 11, 2015

More Haredi men working, as Arab women drop out of labor force

The percentage of working-age haredi men who were working increased 3 percentage points, reaching 52%. At the same time, the labor participation of Arab women fell roughly 1 percentage point.

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The ‘haredi’ opportunity: changing the political map in Israel

I had, in my naiveté, assumed that an Israeli politician of so many years’ standing would have developed some sort of opinion on the matter...I was completely wrong.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew gestures during a protest in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem

Proposed amendment would delay haredi conscription another three years

Should enlistment quotas after 2020 not be met, then some economic sanctions would apply to yeshivas, but will be determined by the prime minister, defense minister, and finance minister.

Haredi protest in Jerusalem against draft

Percent of ultra-Orthodox in workforce doubled since 2008, Economy Ministry finds

Minister of the Economy and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri says he hopes the study will encourage employers to hire haredi employees and help overcome prejudices.

A haredi man trades stocks in Simple Trade’s shared workspace in Ramat Gan

Haredi ‘shlom bayit’and the health of the Jewish state

Academics have branded the haredim as abusers of social norms and accuse them of entering a state of “voluntary poverty”.

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Rival teams?

The ultra-Orthodox city councillors are opposing the new Sportek in Ramot on modesty grounds, and in response, the mayor has delayed a decision on building new haredi kindergartens.

Sportek center at Herzliya

Degrees of difficulty

Beliba Homa helps Haredi men overcome challenges as a lack of basic knowledge of math and English while pursuing a university education and maintaining their lifestyle by pairing them with students.

Haredi students in classroom

Le prochain miracle israélien

Si l’Etat opte pour le compromis plutôt que la coercition, la communauté ultraorthodoxe pourrait s’avérer être le prochain moteur de croissance du pays

Famille haredite au parc