Yeshiva students

'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticizes the High Court’s decision restricting Passover prayers at the Western Wall, calling the judges "heretics" and "Shabbat desecrators."

 Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.
YOUNG WOMEN study at Jerusalem’s Midreshet Lindenbaum

Staying put: Realizing a modern Exodus amid times of challenge - opinion

Sari Kroizer.

After October 7, this haredi woman refuses to stand apart from Israeli society

The players are set to enter Pardes. From L: Chana Ner-Gaon, Victoria Kaufman, Tzvi Jasper, and Aaron Reich.

Entering Pardes: Discovering Jewish identity and tradition through role-playing games


Israel to indict 'Jake Segal' for tricking women into sex, relationships

The so-called "Yeshiva Deceiva" was arrested on August 22 by Jerusalem police.

 "Jake Segal" was not who the women he seduced online thought he was.

Israeli mothers of IDF soldiers file petition to draft yeshiva students

The 240 appellants, mothers of current, former, or future soldiers, called for the ultra-Orthodox to begin to undergo fitness testing and drafting to the IDF.

 Haredim protest in Jerusalem against the conscription of ultra-Orthodox youth into the army.

'Draft yeshiva students to IDF now' - reservists to court

Brothers in Arms argued to the High Court that there was no primary legislation granting an exemption for yeshiva students.

 Haredim protest in Jerusalem against the conscription of ultra-Orthodox youth into the army.

Court says it won’t block rebuilding of West Bank’s Homesh on state land

“We order the deletion of the petition after it has been exhausted in its current form,” the court said.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Gov't approves additional NIS 164 million for yeshiva, seminary students

The cabinet secretary stressed that the funds were taken from reserves from a former cut to ministries and not a new cut.

 Likud party chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands with United Torah Judaism MK Yitzchak Goldknopf a plenum session in the assembly hall of the parliament (Knesset) on November 21, 2022.

Spiritual service cannot come at the expense of military service - editorial

“The Army of the People” cannot be a hollow slogan. It is important that Israel ease the haredi community’s path toward national service – with care, sensitivity, and respect for Torah study.

 Ultra-Orthodox UTJ MKs Meir Porush (L), Moshe Gafni and Ariel Atias (R) seen in the Knesset on February 18

A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel

The founders of Azara, which is based for the summer in Edinburgh, hope to offer a pluralist space for intensive study of Talmud and other holy books.

 A young ultra orthodox Jewish man seen reading a newspaper in between studies at the Yeshiva Ateret Israel, in Jerusalem, September 2, 2013

High Court rejects petition to draft haredim

As the haredi draft law expires, controversy over military conscription intensifies, with arguments of discrimination and a cabinet plan for a new draft bill.

 A SOLDIER and haredi man pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

18 NYC yeshivas do not adequately teach secular studies, investigation finds

The letters show that city investigators confirmed what journalists have twice documented and advocates have long argued: that many yeshivas barely teach secular subjects.

 An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Time management struggles: The guilt of wasting time - opinion

I want to listen to Bruce Springsteen, but know I should listen to daf yomi. I want to listen to a history lecture, but know I should be listening to a podcast on the great judicial reform debate.

Daylight savings: Time to roll back the clock.