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.”
'Poking a finger in whole country’s eye': Haredi anti-draft protests frustrate Jerusalemites
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox face arrest for draft evasion in IDF crackdown
338 haredim join IDF's special new tracks, compared to 10,000 summoned
The Covid-19 Fertility Crisis: A Short Story
A peek into a possible future blighted by the coronavirus
Haredim only make half the salary of others in hi-tech industry
The average salary of a haredi tech employee is NIS 10,830 a month, compared to an average monthly wage of NIS 22,479 among non-haredi tech workers.
Timora: Providing an alternative to high-risk religious teens
The Timora organization was founded 20 years ago to respond to the needs of teenagers from the national-religious sector who dropped out of yeshiva high schools.
Is the coronavirus proliferation in Israel the fault of the haredi?
Why this apparent contempt for Jews with side locks, black coats and hats?
Truly at home
KNOW COMMENT: The Seder, the virus, and Independence Day drive home the most basic Jewish and Zionist truths.
Remembrance Day and the haredim – opinion
We hear stories of haredim walking around as usual during the minute silence and haredi schools continuing as if nothing is going on
Public health and the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel
Moreover, the lack of exposure to general media outlets and to the Internet limits the access to Health Ministry instructions on the coronavirus.
Grounds for optimism about the ultra-Orthodox
“Today, many members of Haredi society understand that their responsibility extends beyond the boundaries of their own communities,” says Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer.
The haredim, Israel’s moderates
To some, this might sound like heresy and lunacy in equal measure. The haredim have been called many things in their time – but moderate?
Religious parties may prevent needed budget restraint after election
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, known as Haredim, make up about 10 percent of Israel’s population and, with their typically large families, that percentage is expected to swell.
