Haredim

El Al fined for asking Holocaust survivor change seat

83-year old Holocaust survivor asked to change seats because haredi man refused to sit next to a woman.

Likud minister: We'll see more haredi policemen soon

Public Security Minister Erdan says haredi National Service volunteers save lives.

'Every soldier should walk proudly through Mea Shearim'

Protest march in Mea Shearim planned against attacks on haredi IDF soldiers.

The Prime Minister's female haredi pilot

Nechama Spiegel-Novack, married mother of four, becomes first haredi woman to fly Prime Minister abroad.

'A Toldot Aharon hasid saved my son'

Father of IDF soldier attacked by haredim credits Toldot Aharon hasid for helping his son escape.

30 haredi paratroopers sworn into IDF at Western Wall

Program bringing haredi men into IDF's Paratrooper Brigade marks milestone with swearing in of 30 new haredi soldiers.

Haredi man calls for terror attack against gay parade

Bnei Brak resident calls on friends to help him with terror attack - then says he wrote post out of boredom.

How many haredim are on social media?

Phone survey finds only 2% of haredim are on Facebook.

Haredi extremists attack policeman dressed as IDF soldier

Israel Police arrest six haredim for violently attacking policeman walking through neighborhood on tour.

Saved from jail sentence by video evidence

Video proves police claim that haredi man beat policewoman was false.

Officer given only 10-day detention for abusing haredi soldier

According to the complaint, officer slammed haredi youth's head against the wall for no reason.

Israeli found unconscious in Uman

Medics treat haredi youth found unconscious in Uman, transfer him to hospital in critical condition.

Netanyahu: Hanging effigies of soldiers is abominable

Israeli PM speaks about haredi extremists burning effigy of IDF soldier, asks public to take precautions against global cyber attack.

WATCH: Lag Baomer celebrations or anti-IDF incitement?

Haredi extremists burn effigy of IDF soldier while their friends look on and cheer.

'Some aspects of haredi education are a model for other systems'

Haredi textbooks in Israel promote insularity and peaceful coexistence, study finds.

Watch: Radical anti-Zionists break into IDF base

Hundreds of haredi demonstrators protest against draft, break into army complex in Tzrifin.

Gafni: Supreme Court crossed the line

Chairman of Knesset Finance Committee: We are the only nation in the world where the people do not choose the Supreme Court judges.

Haredi child attacks 'immodest' woman

Child in Beit Shemesh throws boulder at 'immodest' 50-year-old woman's head.

CBS: Less than 50% of haredi men employed

Government funding for yeshivas rises, percentage of haredi men in workforce drops.

Extremism: False mourning notice for haredi man who enlisted

Haredi extremists declare that 'evil people' killed a yeshiva student who enlisted in the IDF - and is alive and well.

4 yeshiva students stabbed in southern Israel

Local man breaks into Netivot yeshiva, attacks students.

Reporter behind anti-haredi video dismissed

Reshet TV dismisses two workers behind video which turned out to be a fake news item targeting haredim.

Hassidic police volunteer promoted to superintendent

Hassidic volunteer with Haifa police promoted to superintendent on eve of Israeli Independence Day.

'Reporter who pulled anti-haredi stunt must be fired'

Haredi MK Uri Maklev blasts recent news video fabricating haredi attack on reporter. 'He wouldn't have dared try this in an Arab town.'

Anti-haredi fake news?

TV broadcaster's Facebook page uploads video showing reporter attacked in Bnei Brak, but was the video authentic? Seems it was staged.

How religious are Israelis?

Figures released ahead of Israel's 69th Independence Day reveal secular Jews a minority, with most identifying as religious or traditional.

'Haredim are not disciplined, they do what they want'

Northern police rabbi says haredi community can't have it both ways, haredi community forces police to desecrate Shabbat against their will.

Undercover police rescued from haredi mob

2 arrested after mob assaults border policemen wearing IDF uniforms in Beit Shemesh

Do banks discriminate against customers with 'kosher' phones?

Banks require customers to enter codes received via text message, haredi MK gets mad, calls it 'discrimination.'

Bedouin man gets 10 months for sexually assaulting haredi girl

Man convicted of sexually assaulting 15-year old girl in Beitar given 10 months in jail, his friend just 3 months community service.

Likud MK to negotiate Shabbat deal

Netanyahu appoints Likud minister to negotiate with haredi parties, find way to prevent stores opening on Shabbat from becoming a trend.

'Better for your children to die than to join the IDF'

Anti-Zionist rabbi tells parents that their sons' deaths would be preferable to their enlisting in the Israeli army.

113 haredi officers serving in the IDF

Despite recent haredi protests against the draft , 2017 saw the percentage of haredi officers in the army rise by dozens of points.

Religious soldier attacked by haredi deserters

Haredim curse, chase, and throw objects at kippah-wearing IDF soldier.

Indictment filed against haredi traffic blockers

Jerusalem District Attorney files indictment against nine haredi protesters.

Haredi boy dies after elevator accident

10-year-old haredi boy dies in hospital after suffocating in an elevator in Beit Shemesh.

'Haredim are constantly fighting each other over everything'

Rabbi Meir Mazuz says divisiveness harming haredi community, slams radical anti-draft 'Yerushalmi Faction'.

Haredi entrepreneurs wow tech world at NYC expo

Company integrates haredi techies into start-up world. 'This is the future of the haredi community,' says Kamatech founder.

Watch: Woman attacked at haredi protest

Woman who accidentally wandered onto scene of haredi demonstration in Jerusalem attacked by protesters.

Watch: Thousands of haredim protest in Jerusalem

Thousands of anti-draft demonstrators are gathered in central Jerusalem. Traffic is blocked in the surrounding area.

Their brother's keepers:

22 arrested in haredi neighborhoods

Arrests and searches in Betar Illit, Bnei Brak, and Jerusalem for community sex crime cover up.

Campaign calls on haredi women to harass defense officials

Haredi magazine publishes names and phone numbers of defense officials, calls on haredi women to launch campaign against haredi enlistment.

'Purim supervisory checks were a mistake'

Education Minister Bennett admits mistake, promises replacement supervisory checks for haredi yeshivas.

'Meeting on Shabbat is absolutely unacceptable'

UTJ MKs slam Netanyahu for holding meeting on Shabbat, say government 'can have no success' if Shabbat is violated.

'If you don't approve rabbis' demand, we won't support budget'

Haredi party to prevent Jerusalem city budget from passing unless restaurants that open on Shabbat are banned from placing tables outside.

'Shabbat desecration is funded by the municipality'

Haredi and Religious Zionist rabbis call on Jerusalem municipality not to fund Shabbat-desecrating activities.

Yeshiva students ordered to report for draft - on Purim

Haredi yeshiva students say Defense Ministry has ordered them to show up at induction centers during the Purim holiday.

Haredi MK: Super-Pharm violates Sabbath

Health Minister Litzman claims Israeli pharmacy chain abuses gov't approval to sell medicines on Saturday, says he's turned to lawyers.

Report: Most men want to keep the Tender Years Clause

Who should be in IDF tanks - women or haredi men? Who should raise the children? And who should kids stay with if their parents divorce?

Report: More yeshiva students, fewer haredi women working

New official statistics show rise in number of married yeshiva students, drop in number of working haredi women.

Bnei Brak rabbis: No toy explosives this Purim

In rare move, haredi rabbis tell followers to report other haredim to police.

Stringent haredi group: No soldier or police costumes on Purim

Eida Haharedit group says IDF costumes caused 'wicked draft decree.'

'Solidarity cannot be confined to the symbolic'

President Rivlin calls on rabbinic leadership  in Diaspora to participate in strategic dialogue about future of Jewish people.

Haredi principal arrested for money laundering

Authorities arrest haredi dean upon arrival in Israel, community says it's being 'chased.'

A fashion show - also in the haredi world

Haredi models on fashion runways? Haredi fashion show in Jerusalem makes it possible.

Affirmative action for haredi judges?

Justice Minister declares requirements for judicial candidates to be eased for haredim.

Community Center Director resigns over remarks against haredim

Director Yehiel Levy resigns following publication of recordings which reveal policy of activities to 'strangle' haredim.

Shaked: Next project - haredi judge

After three conservative judges appointed to High Court, Justice Minister clarifies next undertaking: to appoint haredi Supreme Court judge

'Choke the haredim out of our neighborhood'

Community Administrator for Jerusalem neighborhood calls for campaign to 'strangle' haredi community, drive them out of Kiryat Yovel.

How much does the campaign against haredi soldiers cost?

Fundraising pamphlet distributed in US to support effort to shame haredi soldiers reveals expenses of 'hardak' campaign.