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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
Justice Kagan speculates about publicly funded yeshivas
Kagan’s line of questioning comes as New York recently closed multiple yeshivas that were not abiding by a state law requiring all schools to adequately teach basic secular subjects.
Katz rejects proposal to extend yeshiva students’ military service
Katz denied the proposal to extend service by four months, opting to keep the current term of one year and five months.
Magen David Adom warns of blood shortage in Israel, calls for public donors
Donation stations will be deployed across Israel for the next two weeks for public donors.
"No being can stand in their presence": Torah scroll dedicated in memory of Binyamin Achimeir z”l
Netanyahu’s English saves his coalition? Rabbis drop draft ultimatum in private call
By Sunday evening, an understanding was reached: the ultra-Orthodox factions would not issue an ultimatum over the draft law at this time.
Three more New York City yeshivas lose status and funding over secular education standards
The schools will lose their legal status and will not receive any public funding for meals, transportation, textbooks orother programs after June 30.
Taking from Israel and refusing to serve: Why haredim draft refusal is hard to swallow - editorial
Few things are more provocative for non-haredim than haredi rabbis and students gleefully rejecting the government and refusing to defend the state – all while taking its money.
The IDF needs soldiers but Israel is paying yeshivas to dodge the draft - opinion
This might have been possible to tolerate before October 7 but definitely not now, at a time when the IDF is missing over 10,000 soldiers to fulfill the missions it already has.
Bus carrying Yeshiva students overturns in New Jersey, one in critical condition
While the student in critical condition was initially thought to be dead, Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali said the boy “now has a pulse” in a post on X at 9:30 p.m.
Daycare subsidies for children of military-age yeshiva students officially ends
The ending of the program will be a financial blow to some 7,000 haredi families.
