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 who want out - are we giving them the help they need?

Hillel, an association that provides assistance to haredim who wish to leave the community, was disqualified from broadcasting in July. So they took the network to court.

 HAREDIM ON a Mea Shearim street corner during Sukkot.

Israel has to find solutions for its poor education results - opinion

Israel's education ranks relatively low compared to other countries, with the Haredi and Arab sectors rating even lower.

 CHILDREN WEAR face masks upon returning to school for the first time since the heartbreak of COVID-19, in May of last year.

Hate speech against Arabs in Israel reached all-time high in 2021

However, a downward trend in hate speech has been noted since June and has continued into July. This may be attributed to the new government, which encompasses a wide range of political ideologies.

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "their pain is the responsibility of all of us," as Jewish and Arab Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against police inaction, the surging crime and violence in Arab communities  on March 13, 2021.

Meron tragedy is a reminder that the haredim are part of us - opinion

Perhaps this horrific moment can become that kind of turning point for haredi integration into Israeli society. But it will only happen with leadership.

Ultra-orthodox Jews light candles for the 45 victims who were killed in a stampede, at the scene of the fatal disaster, at Mt Meron. May 01, 2021.

How can the Jewish people learn to sit with each other again - opinion

Unfortunately, recent statements within Israeli political discourse have undermined our ability to have an honest and genuine discourse with world Jewry.

MEN PRAY last year at the Western Wall.

More haredim in Jerusalem looking for jobs during pandemic, new data shows

Some 1,587 haredi men and 785 haredi women were hired in Jerusalem this past year, a 35% increase since 2014.

A haredi family walks down the street in the Makor Baruch neighborhood of Jerusalem

Coronavirus and the haredim: By the numbers

Why the haredi status quo cannot be sustained

Gathering at the Rashbi gravesite, Meron, June 6, 2020

Haredi impunity and autonomy: Tantamount to insurrection?

‘We will violate the laws of the state’

A typical street scene in the bustling modern-day shtetl of Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood.

A rabbi’s open letter to his haredi brethren

I now understand that your goal was not to keep Jews Jewish – but to keep haredim haredi

HAREDIM RALLY against coronavirus restrictions in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood on February 9.

Haredi-secular civil war: Dystopian fiction cuts close to home - opinion

Autonomies, the TV show, is fiction, of course, but haredi autonomy is quite real in today’s Israel.

SCREENSHOT FROM the ‘Autonomies’ TV show on a fictional haredi secession.