Haredi population in israel

'We have prayer, we are serving, we are dying': IDF reservists frustrated over haredi draft issue

“My unit has done five rounds. We have lost three guys - three were killed in an ambush last year. We have wounded. You should know that our company of 80 guys, the majority are now religious.”

IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023.
Protests against haredi draft begins in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

'Poking a finger in whole country’s eye': Haredi anti-draft protests frustrate Jerusalemites

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox face arrest for draft evasion in IDF crackdown

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

338 haredim join IDF's special new tracks, compared to 10,000 summoned


Haredim ramp up attacks on police in Mea She’arim

Over the past four years, extremists have been waging a campaign of incitement against ultra-Orthodox men enlisting in the IDF in order to delegitimize and halt the growing number of such enlistees.

ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN clash with police in the capital’s Mea She’arim neighborhood yesterday.

State Attorney bans haredi protests outside IDF officers' homes

The ban comes following an aggressive campaign by haredi extremists against Orthodox men who enlist in the IDF.

Haredi extermists protest against recruitment of Orthodox men into the army.

Liberman praises IDF service by religious women, pans Orthodox dodgers

Israeli defense ministers says practice of permanent Torah study by Orthodox Jews at expense of army service, employment reflects "fake reality."

CARACAL BATTALION soldiers march in the Negev in 2014.

Haredi, Arab populations grow in Jerusalem as overall growth declines

Approximately 18,000 residents moved out of Jerusalem in 2015, while 8,200 ultra-Orthodox and 7,800 Arabs moved in.

A haredi in Jerusalem

Spitting, harassment a matter of course in Beit Shemesh neighborhood

Non-haredi residents face threats when walking through Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet neighborhood.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men praying in Ramat Beit Shemesh

Haredi extremists burn haredi IDF soldier in effigy... again

The effigy was complete with an IDF uniform and equipment, a beard and tzitzit, and was burned alongside numerous Israeli flags in the festive bonfires.

Haredi extremists burn haredi IDF soldier in effigy

Haredi schoolbooks promote isolation, suspicion of outside world, says NGO

The report notes that tolerance and respect towards “the individual other” is expressed in haredi school textbooks.

Haredi students in classroom

The ultra-Orthodox community's new trend: From isolationism to involvement

In 2017, we have to ask: Who is ultra-Orthodox? What are the boundaries of ultra-Orthodox society? What are the boundaries of ultra-Orthodox identity within the Israeli sphere?

A haredi man embraces a youth from the Orthodox community who has joined the army

Haredi leaders concede no dramatic changes on Shabbat status quo in Jerusalem

A committee was established by the municipality a month ago to look into the issue.

A haredi in Jerusalem

MK denounces gov’t over rise in yeshiva students, unemployed haredi men

The Knesset approved a budget increase for yeshivas, which Levi denounces as a "foolish decision."

Haredi Jews