haredim

Education Ministry probes missing bonuses at haredi daycares

Education Ministry audit finds dozens of haredi daycare centers allegedly failed to pass government-funded bonuses on to classroom aides, prompting demands to recover millions of shekels.

New legal battle targets municipal funding for haredim

Israel Hofsheet appeals to Attorney General, municipal legal advisers, demanding local authorities halt funding for haredi cultural events and community programs.

"An uneducated population"

Uproar after Yair Golan's remarks on Haredi conscription

The chairman of the Democrats party, Yair Golan, said at a conference that "we would not want to draft all the Haredim tomorrow morning."

Supreme Court freezes NIS 250 million for haredi education

Supreme Court temporarily blocks budget transfers approved by Finance Committee, citing alleged procedural flaws in approval process.

'I'm not afraid of you'

Retired general answers haredim who attacked him

After he was attacked by extremists outside a guidance fair for haredi pre-military recruits, Brigadier General (Res.) Ofer Winter says he will continue working to integrate haredim in the IDF.

Protesters swarm haredi soldier, shout: "Traitor"

Footage from the demonstration shows Mendel Rata standing alongside police officers as protesters from the Jerusalem Faction confront and attack him.

IDF

53% increase in haredim enlisting in the IDF

At a follow-up meeting with the Attorney General, the IDF presented figures showing that 4,298 haredim enlisted during the 2025 recruitment year-a 53% increase compared to the previous year.

Haredi allies turn on Netanyahu over Draft Law

Haredi factions disagree on response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statements on law preventing arrest of haredi draft evaders, exposing internal rift.

Watch: Sabbath café protest erupts as Liberman visits

Dozens of haredi demonstrators protest outside Jerusalem café open on Sabbath during visit by Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman.

'To Uman, not the military': Haredim protest at airport

Breslov hassidim protested at Ben Gurion Airport, demanding draft evaders be allowed to fly to Uman as fears of arrests before Rosh Hashanah grow.

Shas newspaper attacks new right-wing parties over haredi stance

A Shas-affiliated newspaper accuses emerging right-wing parties of making opposition to the haredi community a central election strategy, while criticizing several prominent political figures.

Court petition challenges pool policy in Beit Shemesh

Residents are challenging Beit Shemesh's decision to operate the new Neve Shamir country club with full gender separation, arguing it breaks promises made when the neighborhood was developed.

Haredi enlistment rises sharply following growing enforcement

The number of haredi recruits joining the IDF has risen steadily in recent years, with annual increases of more than 1,000 recruits.

'When the wicked perish':

Haredi extremists celebrate death of IDF integration advocate

Extremists distributed food and published celebratory messages after the death of Yaakov Aharon Farber, who led the Maalot Tzur haredi IDF initiative.

Supreme Court declines to halt gender-separate study law

MK Limor Son Har-Melech hails Supreme Court's refusal to suspend the law permitting gender-separated academic programs, urges universities to begin implementing it.

Haredi military pioneer Rabbi Yaakov Farber dies at 32

Rabbi Yaakov Farber, a Belz Hasid who spearheaded the "Ma'alot Tzur" initiative to integrate haredim into the military, passes away after his condition deteriorated during a medical procedure.

Haredim launch consumer initiative to combat cost of living

Haredi community leaders are launching a large-scale consumer initiative aimed at reducing the cost of living for families of Yeshiva students, following the recent economic sanctions imposed on Yeshiva students who do not report for IDF service.

Antisemitism in Manchester:

Vehicles belonging to haredi residents vandalized during Shabbat

Wave of antisemitic incidents in Manchester: Haredi residents’ cars vandalized days after three Jews shot with air gun.

Netanyahu denies reports of rift with haredi daughter

Netanyahu addressed years of speculation and reports suggesting that he and his daughter had become estranged, firmly denying the claims and stating that they remain in contact.

Religious Zionist rabbis defend IDF against haredi leader

Senior rabbis from the Torat Ha’aretz HaTova organization have issued a public statement expressing support for IDF soldiers and the religious-Zionist community following controversial remarks by prominent Haredi leader Rabbi Dov Lando.

After backlash, Rabbi Lando says his words were distorted

Rabbi Dov Lando says his private remarks were distorted and urges yeshiva students to avoid ideological arguments with those who oppose Torah values.

Gerrer Hassid complains:

'Haredim not united'

'Had everyone acted with a unified approach, the outcome could have been different,' says Moti Babchik, senior Agudat Yisrael official and former chief of staff at Israel’s Housing Ministry, on the lack of coordination between the haredi parties.

New York Times:

Shin Bet enlisted haredi rabbis to counter Iranian recruitment

A New York Times report reveals growing Iranian intelligence efforts to recruit Israeli citizens for espionage, prompting the Shin Bet and police to enlist haredi rabbis to warn against financial collaboration.

The haredi counter-identity

There are Torah-true teachings that haredi ideology has ignored and subordinated to the preservation of haredi separateness. Opinion.

Report:

Israel recruits rabbis to counter Iran's spy recruitment campaign

Israeli authorities enlisted leading rabbis to warn against Iranian recruitment as police report more than 60 espionage indictments.

IDF Spokesman: Attacks on Chief of Staff harm the entire military

IDF Spokesman Effie Defrin defended the Chief of Staff's warning on haredi draft legislation, saying political attacks undermine the entire military.

Ramat Gan:

Mayor apologizes, sends cake to victim of anti-haredi attack

Ramat Gan's mayor apologized after a haredi man was allegedly beaten and threatened in a suspected anti-haredi attack in the city.

Eggs thrown at tax inspectors during Bnei Brak Riot

Hundreds surround tax inspectors in Bnei Brak's Kiryat Viznitz, hurling eggs and damaging their vehicle before police evacuate them from the scene.

Mass protest planned for near military prison

Thousands of Sanz hasidim expected to protest outside Military Prison 10 after military court extends detention of two community members.

Ex-IDF spokesman calls for separate IDs for draft evaders

Former IDF spokesman Maj. Gen. (res.) Moti Almoz calls for issuing separate identity cards for military servicemembers and draft evaders, says Israel should stop funding those who refuse to serve.

Supreme Court freezes law barring arrest of haredi draft-evaders

Supreme Court justice temporarily freezes implementation of newly-passed law halting the arrest of haredi draft evaders, orders State to justify.

Above the law

Knesset passes law to halt arrests of haredi draft dodgers

The Knesset approved a bill preventing arrests of haredi draft dodgers, with coalition support and opposition petitions filed against the move.

'When it affects their wallet'

Rabbi Paran's solution to the draft crisis

Rabbi Ya'ir Paran, great-grandson of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, says that the Basic Law: Torah Study, 'disgraces the Torah' and calls for the state to draft haredim while preserving their way of life.

Shas MK: Draft everyone who isn't studying in yeshiva

Shas MK Yaakov Margi opposes advancing 'Torah Study Law,' sharply rebukes anti-draft protesters chanting, 'We will die and not enlist.'

The battle over yeshiva funding

AG supports, Smotrich opposes: High Court discusses revoking tax benefits from haredi yeshivas whose students evaded conscription.

Haredi MK accuses:

Our greatest problems are from 'knitted kippahs'

MK Moshe Gafni criticizes removal of haredi yeshivas attended by draft-evaders from list of institutions receiving tax benefits, blames representatives of Religious Zionist sector.

Gur hasid arrested as concerns of mass protests grow

Gur hasid Moshe Reuven Verdiger arrested while awaiting official approval of military exemption request, plans for possible protests not yet known.

Report:

Haredi draft dodger denied tefillin for 3 days in jail

Detention facility staff refused to accept the pair of tefillin that a detainee's family brought for him after it was instructed to do so by the military.

Goldmining in Ethiopia:

Businessman arrested in probe into alleged NIS 200 million fraud

Israel Securities Authority launches criminal probe into haredi businessman Haim Leib Kaplan over alleged NIS 200 million fundraising scheme.

Mistaken identity:

Police chase, cuff and injure haredi man

Plainclothes officers chase, cuff and injure a haredi man in Ashdod before discovering he was not the suspect they were searching for.

Antisemitic assault targeting haredi women

Five Jewish women were targeted with a water cannon filled with manure while riding bicycles in the Catskills Mountains.

At the Western Wall:

Thousands gather to pray for Vizhnitz Rebbe's recovery

Thousands gather to pray for recovery of Vizhnitz Rebbe, Rabbi Yisrael Hager, at orderly but massive Western Wall prayer rally.

First Publication:

44% of haredim prepared to study in mixed-gender classrooms

Most haredim still prefer studying in separate classes, but nearly half would be willing to study in mixed-gender classrooms in order to earn their desired academic degree.

Thousands of haredim lose eligibility for discounted homes

Construction and Housing Ministry sends notices to thousands of haredi yeshiva students, informing them of revocation of eligibility for housing lotteries.

Watch:

Violent clashes between haredim and soldiers at IDF prison

Soldiers guarding the Military Prison 10 complex clash with haredi rioters who infiltrated the facility.

Power struggle over historic Jerusalem hospital

Municipal politicians sparred over the municipality's decision to allocate the historic Bikur Cholim hospital building to a haredi educational institution.

Shas MK to bereaved rabbi, 'you are arrogant and insolent'

MK Yosef Taieb repeatedly interrupted Rabbi Yirmi Stavisky's testimony before a Knesset committee, accusing the bereaved educator of attacking the haredi community.

Legal adviser warns:

Torah Study Law could grant yeshiva students soldiers' privileges

Sagit Afik, legal adviser to Knesset, says Torah Study Law would grant yeshiva students privileges similar to those of soldiers - unless amendments are made.

Text of law to curb arrest of haredi draft evaders disclosed

Ahead of the second and third readings, the temporary order was published, suspending arrests and enforcement for a limited period, subject to study requirements, affidavits, and supervision of yeshivas.

Top haredi rabbis ban route to Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes' tomb

Leading haredi rabbis, headed by Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, urge public to avoid main road to the tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes in Tiberias, protesting new beachfront without barriers or changing facilities.

'Ayatollah state':

Battle for gender-segregated academic options escalates

Yisrael Beytenu chair MK Avigdor Liberman slams proposed legislation to allow gender-segregated classes for advanced degrees.

Prominent haredi rabbi condemns violent protests as 'false zeal'

Rabbi Daniel Wolfson criticized the extremist tactics behind recent anti-draft demonstrations, warning that violence and provocation undermine the Haredi cause and only deepen public anger and division.

Likud Knesset Member:

Attorney General is a 'cursed woman'

Finance Committee Chairman Hanoch Milwidsky accuses 'cursed' Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of targeting the Torah-learning community, says he is sure she will one day be held accountable.

The new demand infuriating haredi yeshivas

Tax Authority demanding yeshivas submit statements and documents on students' enlistment status as condition for donors to receive tax credits.

Jerusalem:

Haredi protest targets Jerusalem café over Sabbath operations

A newly opened café in central Jerusalem became the scene of repeated protests on Saturday after dozens of Haredi demonstrators gathered outside to oppose its decision to operate on the Sabbath.

3 coalition MKs oppose

Basic Law: Torah Study passes in first reading

63 MKs vote in favor of bill to legislate Basic Law: Torah Study. MKs Yuli Edelstein (Likud), Dan Illouz (Likud), and Moshe Solomon (Religious Zionists) oppose it.

Outside AG's office

Hundreds of hassidim set up protest study hall

Viznitz hassidim gathered outside the Attorney General's office to protest the arrests of haredi draft dodgers.

Baharav-Miara's next steps against haredi draft-evaders

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demands Supreme Court ban afternoon program subsidies for haredi children whose fathers did not enlist in the IDF.

Goldknopf slams Cabinet Secretary over haredi draft remarks

Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs defended a proposed draft order but drew sharp criticism from UTJ after accusing haredi parties of ignoring absentee yeshiva students.

Haredi anti-draft protest

'The Chief of Staff is cursed, soldiers are dying'

Severe rhetoric directed at IDF Chief of Staff and the military during a Bnei Brak protest against the draft led by Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef. Defense Minister Israel Katz calls it a "grave incitement."