Haredim

Haredi Campaign Encourages Memorial Day Minute of Silence

New campaign seeks to fight negative media portrayal of haredim ignoring sirens by instituting quiet prayers that everyone can say.

Watch: Haredim Attack Soldier, Call Him a 'Nazi'

Extremist group in Beit Shemesh hurl insults at soldier returning home - calling him a Nazi on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Jewish Home Flip Flops on Criminal Sanctions for Haredis

MK Ayelet Shaked says she was always for economic sanctions, and would be willing to cancel criminal sanctions for better alternative.

Haredi Workers Encouraged to Integrate - Then Are Rejected

Haredi men and women are more and more qualified, eager to join the workforce - but some say employers are rejecting them.

Are Haredim Facing Prejudice in the Workplace?

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fights discrimination as haredi community increasingly enters the workforce.

US Haredi Leaders Worried Over Bibi-Obama Tension

Agudath Israel said to be concerned on how the tension between Netanyahu and Obama will affect US Jewish community.

Haredi Papers Insulted by Demand to Publish Women's Party Ads

Ads for haredi women's party 'like publishing an ad for Baruch Marzel in an Islamist Movement magazine,' Yated Ne'eman opines.

Rabbis: UTJ Doesn't Make a Move Without Us

Tens of thousands gathered to support the party and to support the idea of voting in next week's election altogether.

Shas Hotline Showcases Bitter Anger at Yishai

Shas hotline feature that allows callers to leave messages for friends filled with abuse against former Shas Chairman Eli Yishai.

The Haredi Entrepreneurial 'Revolution' Starts Now

Haredi burden? Manager of haredi incubator initiative program reveals the business vision just waiting to be tapped.

Exclusive interview

'We Will Be the First Haredi Women's Party in the Knesset'

Breakout party B'Zhutan speaks to Arutz Sheva about their platform, what inspires them - and why, this elections, 'enough was enough.'

Major Haredi Organization Bans IDF Costumes on Purim

Badatz Eida Haredit claims it's parents' 'duty' to prevent encouraging 'draft decree' for mandatory IDF service, slams IDF 'melting pot.'

Poll: Who Do Religious Israelis Vote For?

The majority of traditional, national-religious, haredi Israelis choose religious parties - and demand that women be included on all lists.

Litzman Won't Attend Debate 'Because of Lapid'

MK Ya’akov Litzman says United Torah Judaism doesn't want to give Yesh Atid chairman an opportunity to incite against haredim.

Arab Arrested for Throwing Rock Into Jewish Kindergarten

Parents of children in a haredi kindergarten in Ashdod said that they felt unsafe after an Arab threw a large rock into the school

Haredi Extremists Step Up Incitement Campaign against IDF

Arab incitement against Jewish soldiers? No, its a flier put in mail boxes by haredim refusing to enlist dehumanizing haredi soldiers.

Piron: Enlist Brawling Ponevezh Yeshiva Students as Riot Police

Former Education Minister Shai Piron took to twitter to advocate for IDF enlistment following yeshiva brawl and haredi protests.

40 Haredim Arrested in IDF Enlistment Protests

Israeli police arrested 40 haredim in Ashdod clashes during protests against controversial Enlistment Law.

Pictures: Haredi Troops Brush Up Their Skills in Major Exercise

With the sounds of war echoing from the north, the all-religious Netzah Yehuda battalion take part in its major biannual training drill.

Haredim Block Highways in Protest of IDF Enlistment

Outside Modi'in, in Jerusalem and Ashdod, masses of haredim block roads and protest arrest of four students who refused enlistment.

Rumble in Leading Bnei Brak Haredi Yeshiva

Student arrested for assaulting yeshiva dean, leading to all out clash between rival factions vying to control flagship Lithuanian yeshiva.

Group to Advocate Haredi Workers' Rights

Haredi Workers' Group chooses representatives to push for funding, integration for haredi community in the workforce in historic move.

State May Tackle Threats on New Female Haredi Party

Deputy Attorney General vows action, saying rabbis threatening haredi women not to vote for haredi women is criminal.

53.8% of Religious Israelis Will Only Vote for Party with Women

76.3% of Israelis believe in equal representation of women in Knesset as controversy over haredi parties snowballs.

Hareidi Women Launch Own Knesset Party

Yet another party for the hareidi camp in the 2015 elections by hareidi women frustrated by discrimination in their communities.

Hareidi Paper that Cropped Out Women: No Apology

After international attention, Hamevaser's editor says hareidi readers simply do not want to see photographs of women.

Feminist Paper Photoshops Male Leaders from Paris March Pics

Feminist paper's novel response to hareidi papers photoshopping 'immodest' pictures of female leaders from publication...

Deri: There is No Sacred Covenant with the Right

During a panel discussion with fellow hareidi MKs, Aryeh Deri discusses his feud with Eli Yishai and plans for the next Knesset.

New Negev Town for 100,000 Hareidim

National Planning Council authorizes the establishment of Kassif in southern Israel, specifically geared to the hareidi community.

Israeli Workers Happier Than Their US Counterparts

Study shows Israeli workers are generally satisfied with their jobs, enjoy their work more than American workers.

Hareidi Party Lists Prerequisites for Joining Coalition

United Torah Judaism MKs say budget for hareidi schools a must, vow to reverse hareidi enlistment law mandating IDF service.

Rivlin: Hareidi Community Not a Minority

President Rivlin urges hareidi community to stop thinking in minority terms, become more involved in society at large at conference.

Neturei Karta Campaign: Hareidi Soldiers Modern-Day Hellenists

Poster featuring hareidi soldiers depicted as Ancient Greeks, chasing hareidi children warns against 'Hellenists of today.'

Threats Made Against Hareidi Women Campaigning to Join Knesset

Women who run for hareidi parties 'will have all their descendants thrown out of school,' hareidi politician threatens.

Hareidi Women Campaign for Right to Run for Office

Social media campaign for hareidi parties to allow female candidates picks up steam - but can it overcome a dominant social stigma?

Hareidim Prefer Sa'ar to Netanyahu as Likud Leader

Hareidi official tells Arutz Sheva reasons why Gideon Sa'ar is preferable to Netanyahu as Likud Chairman - 'good news for hareidim.'

Jerusalem Job Center Succeeds in Employing Hareidim

As part of Economy Ministry initiative, center in capital reaches 500 job placements since opening in March.

Source: No PM-Hareidi Deal in the Works Right Now

There is no “deal” brewing now between Binyamin Netanyahu and hareidi parties, a top hareidi political source told Arutz Sheva.

Report: 'Kabbalah Rabbis' Rake in Hundreds of Millions

A report Wednesday by State Comptroller Yosef Shapira claims tax authorities have missed a huge tax scandal within the hareidi community.

Shas Chief Rabbi: Don't Listen to Shas Radio Station

Rabbi Shalom Cohen, spiritual leader of the Sephardic hareidi party, had some choice words for Kol Baramah.

After Refusing to Sit Next to Women, Hareidi Men Leave Plane

A group of Hareidi men who refused to sit next to women, disembarked from a Delta flight, when their request to switch seats was denied.

Shameful: Hamas Retweets Hareidi Anti-IDF 'Pig' Cartoon

Posters portraying religious soldiers as pigs drawn up by Jewish anti-Zionists - and happily endorsed by their Islamist counterparts.

Hareidi Extremists Show IDF Soldiers as Pigs in Poster Campaign

Just days after Yom Kippur less than two months after Gaza war, hareidi extremists relaunch anti-IDF incitement.

Accusations of Anti-Hareidi Discrimination at Bnei Brak Clinic

Hareidi women claim a particular doctor at an OB/GYN facility treats them with disdain. But are the allegations true?

Unkosher Prime Minister?

Religious Jews Aghast At PM's 'Surf and Turf' Shabbat

For Shabbat lunch, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu dined at a pork palace - while for dinner, he went for the seafood.

London Removes Hareidi Signs Telling Women Where to Walk

London council removes hareidi group's signs telling women which side of street to walk on, in what may be a case of 'lost in translation.'

New NBN Flight Brings Dozens to a New Life in Israel

Yet another Nefesh B'Nefesh flight arrived in Israel this week, bringing with it a new IDF soldier - from Lakewood, NJ

High Court: Hareidi Schools May Ignore Gov't Intervention

The Supreme Court upholds hareidi-religious schools' right not to teach core subjects.

Bennett: Hareidi Employment Numbers Prove We Were Right

Recent studies show that more hareidi Israelis are joining the workforce, and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett is very pleased.

Hareidi Secular Tensions Over Beit Shemesh School

Education ministry orders hareidi girl's school closed, after Ramat Beit Shemesh appropriated rooms for it in secular school 'illicitly.'

Hareidi Yeshivot Cancel Summer Break Due to War

Extra Torah learning to bolster the war effort, Rabbis say, as a form of 'spiritual protection.' Religious-Zionist yeshivas follow suit.

Hareidi MKs Condemn Attack on IDF Soldier in Beit Shemesh

Reservist returning home physically, verbally abused; MKs vow to treat incident 'like an act of terror.'

Hareidi Call to Prayer as Battle Heats Up

Rabbis call for psalms, repentance; new initiative to ‘adopt a soldier’ in prayer.

Hareidi Youth Drowns in Golan Heights

Teen feared abducted by terrorists while on hike with friends discovered drowned in stream.

R. Amsalem: Shas Leader All Wrong on Haredi Colleges

A ruling by a top Shas rabbi against women learning in haredi colleges won't help anyone, said Rabbi Haim Amsalem

Government Introduces Incentive Program for Construction Workers

Deal to provide subsidized training for Jewish construction workers, in bid to both solve housing and hareidi integration problems.

Govt. Approves 'Affirmative Action' Work Plan for Haredim

Government approves a plan aimed at enrolling more members of the hareidi community in the state civil service.

Going too far?

'Returning to Beit Shemesh in Uniform Like Returning to Jenin'

Hareidi soldiers in Beit Shemesh receive special permission to arrive home in civilian clothing, say they fear physical, verbal attacks.

Hareidim Warned: 'Don't Ignore Siren, Media will Demonize Us'

Hareidim should stand silent during Memorial Day siren even though it is a 'non-Jewish' remembrance custom, argues hassidic paper.

First Hareidi Hesder Yeshiva Combines Torah and Army

Ground-breaking four-year program opened in Jerusalem, integrates two years of study with two years of service in Cyber Defense Unit.