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Beyond the Headlines: Stronger than we think
A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.
This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat
![An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen during protests in Jerusalem as a banner reads 'All [Israeli] people are IDF,' October 30, 2025](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/687674 "An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen during protests in Jerusalem as a banner reads 'All [Israeli] people are IDF,' October 30, 2025")
Haredi population grows rapidly while male employment and army service stall, IDI report finds
Israel faces tough choices over haredi draft exemptions, legal expert warns - interview
A need to pass on wisdom: Yeshiva, academia has failed to produce new sages - opinion
We need sages. And the yeshiva and academia have failed to methodically produce sages. But we can fix that.
International yeshiva students answer IDF's call as Har Etzion breaks records
This week, 32 overseas students from the prestigious yeshiva will be drafting into the IDF alongside their Israeli peers – the highest number in the yeshiva’s 56-year history.
Bismuth elected FADC head, ousting Edelstein over haredi draft bill
Edelstein, prior to the vote, published for the first time the draft of the conscription law, which was sent to committee members.
'To Be Holy but Human': A look into the life ‘hesder yeshiva’ creator Rabbi Yehuda Amital - review
One of a kind: Rav Amital was that unique and unparalleled leader who lived at a time when he was needed the most.
Yeshiva students spat at, insulted by Arab man with knife in Lucerne, Switzerland
An Arab man with a knife approached a group of yeshiva students while shouting antisemitic insults and 'free Palestine' in Lucerne, Switzerland.
'We failed, made a mistake' on judicial reform, haredi draft bill deal, UTJ's Goldknopf says
UTJ was told to support the judicial reform as it would allow for a "basic law of Torah study," and another law as an override clause, Yitzhak Goldknopf claimed in an interview with Kikar HaShabbat.
Deri and Lapid clash over IDF draft law, sanctions on ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students
Aryeh Deri responded to the Attorney-General's discussion on the High Court of Justice consideration over the draft law and the plan to toughen sanctions against yeshiva students who don't enlist.
IDF soldiers killed due to yeshivas 'neglecting Torah study', former chief rabbi claims
Yitzhak Yosef condoled the families of the five soldiers killed in Gaza's Beit Hanun in an open letter, calling for increased Torah study, implicitly denouncing haredi draft attempts.
School vouchers would expand nationwide under federal proposal cheered by Orthodox groups
The proposal — which would create scholarships of up to $5,000 per student — marks the farthest that proponents of school vouchers have ever gotten toward expanding school vouchers nationwide.
NY state budget weakens oversight over yeshiva learning in blow to secular education advocates
The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders.
