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Beyond the Headlines: Stronger than we think
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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
Soldier or scholar: Who is the better Jew? - opinion
History is not static; times change, conditions change, and we have to adapt to those changes.
Deep changes must take place in Israeli society for it to emerge united - editorial
In terms of the societal splits on which the court was asked to deliberate, it is a superficial Band-Aid, one that covers a deeper wound than can be fixed by the court alone.
How Ben-Gurion's pragmatic decision led to haredim draft exemption - analysis
David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision not to draft yeshiva students shaped Israel's policy, sparking decades of debate on military exemptions amid societal and political transformations.
High Court ruling is too little, too late - comment
The government cannot afford to completely ignore the ruling and refrain from drafting any haredim.
Netanyahu's Likud repeats misleading claim in attack on High Court ruling
The government promised a haredi draft bill would be completed by the end of the Knesset summer session - but it is currently proceeding at a slow pace.
'Holy Torah will prevail': Haredi lawmakers, ministers rage at Israel's High Court
Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush said the ruling is "leading to two states" of religious and secular Jews.
High Court unanimously rules against exemption for haredim in IDF
Likud: Peculiar that the High Court is forcing ultra-Orthodox conscription • Ruling also calls to freeze funding of yeshivas who do not comply
'There are those better than Zionists': Rabbis seek donations for yeshivas post-High Court ruling
Following the High Court's decision, the rabbis, many affiliated with the current governing coalition, seek to raise $116 million to fund yeshiva students who do not enlist in the IDF.
It's time to make the IDF haredi-friendly - opinion
Israel should create a military environment in which it is possible to study and maintain a haredi identity.
Sephardi chief rabbi: Success of air defense is due to yeshivas, not the IDF
The Sephardi chief rabbi complained about hesder yeshiva leaders who had criticized his comments about the IDF.
