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?


L'intégration au point mort

Conscription des harédim, réforme de l’establishment religieux, Israël vient de faire un grand pas en arrière

Manifestation d'orthodoxes contre la conscription

Haredi rebel newspaper holds stable market share

The Hapeles daily has a 11.9 percent market share in the haredi sector.

Newspaper (illustrative).

Electoral strides in the Haredi and Arab sectors come at a cost, internal division and suspicion

The haredim are expected to be in the coalition and Arabs have increased their electoral strength, but will these successes help or hinder their integration?

Aryeh Deri

Haredi voters see an election marred by societal divisions

"We've worked very hard for this day, everything's in place and we hope this effort will bring the results."

Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri speaks to the press at the ballot

Mainstream haredi MKs decline debate at Hebrew U

Students sought for several weeks to get MKs from the two mainstream haredi parties, UTJ and Shas, to participate in the debate, making numerous requests of the MKs various aides.

A view of Jerusalem's Mount Scopus

Haredi women in position of ‘slavery,’ says chairwoman of new party for female haredim

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, Kolian, who is 33 and married with four children, outlined the reasons why she was starting a new political party to represent haredi women.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance with Torah scrolls during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem

Haredi press, politicians lash out at Bayit Yehudi

Concerned about voter defection to national religious party, haredi leaders mull fighting against Bayit Yehudi's political encroachment.

Moshe Gafni

Centenarian rabbi rules out deal with Netanyahu

The spiritual mentor of the Degel Hatorah party rejects PM's invitation into the coalition until "anti-haredi legislation" is reversed.

Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman with US Ambassador Dan Shapiro

Shaked: Haredi enlistment to IDF for 2014/5 likely to be met

However, targets for the Civilian Service program, an alternative for haredi men to full military service, most likely be missed.

Haredi protest in Jerusalem against draft

Bennett to advance affirmative action for haredim

Legislation would increase haredi participation in the public sector; in first quarter of 2014, male haredi employment stood at 44.5%, compared to the national average of 81 percent.

Haredi boy in Brussels 370