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Knesset passes contentious haredi-backed bill to enshrine Torah study in Israel's Basic Law
The haredi-backed Basic Law passed its final Knesset votes after weeks of coalition tensions and warnings that it could encourage draft evasion.
Israel's hysterical Torah study bill will backfire on the ultra-Orthodox - opinion
Laundering human capital: The reckless amnesty bills and their debasement of the Torah - opinion
Israel cannot afford Netanyahu’s capitulation to haredi demands - editorial
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.
Agudat Yisrael accused of instructing yeshiva students to evade IDF draft sanctions
Recordings published in Ynet last week revealed that Agudat Yisrael party officials were instructing yeshiva students to open fictitious small businesses.
Fire injures seven near Chabad HQ, Brooklyn, one in critical condition
The fire was reportedly caused by a radiator plugged into an electrical outlet resulting in the apartment being completely engulfed in flames and the personal belongings of 19 students being burned.
Haredim hold prayer meeting in Stamford Hill in protest of bill threatening Yeshivas
Haredi campaigners have expressed fear that the Bill would lead to state interference in yeshivas and force them to teach secular subjects.
The government needs to expand haredi recruitment into IDF - editorial
The government has to encourage a fast and vast shift within haredi society, showing that military service and keeping the faith are not contradictions.
Yeshiva students return to Kiryat Shmona, begin blood donations during severe shortage
Many of the yeshiva students have also volunteered to help in the rebuilding efforts and care for residents who were unable to evacuate.
'Far from simple or clear-cut': What do Israelis think about the haredi draft bill?
The Magazine spoke to Israeli men and women who have served in the army and/or have children in uniform. Here’s what they had to say about the haredi draft debacle.
On the haredi draft: Israelis are no longer tolerating the current situation - opinion
"We need a draft so that haredim don’t drift off and evolve into a separate people not just distinct from, but separated from, the rest of Jewry. We need each other too much for that to happen."
