Haredim

Hareidi Editor: No One Asked Us About Holocaust Memorial Day

Hareidi news editor hits back at furor over yeshiva students' accused of 'desecrating' Holocaust Memorial Day.

Haredi 'Drive-In' Protest Could Slow Pesach Traffic to a Crawl

Haredi groups protesting the arrest of a youth who refused to report for IDF service plan a traffic slowdown as their latest gambit

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'Jews Don't Differentiate Between Religion and Nationality'

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman believes in keeping religion and state together - in certain contexts, at least.

Secularist Minister Calls to Employ Hareidim

Finance Minister Lapid says hareidim are 'industrious and intelligent workers,' urges their employment.

Report: Pesach Eve Induction for Haredi Students Postponed

Induction orders sent to thousands of hared youths will apparently be postponed, a report Monday said.

Employers Prejudiced Against Hareidi Men, Arabs, Working Mothers

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission survey reveals gender, religious discrimination. But is it due to change?

Breslov Music Stars Unchanged by Fame

Ahead of Toronto show, Israeli hareidi music sensations reveal to local paper that Torah and music can go hand in hand.

Hareidi Leaders Demand More Police Protection in New York

Hareidi leaders in New York were demanding that the authorities take more steps to protect the community after the latest knockout attack

Nahal Hareidi Soldiers Vital to IDF Raid in Jenin

Netzach Yehuda battalion surrounds the hideout of the wanted Hamas terrorist during the raid, has aided in over 300 terrorist arrests.

Jerusalem Councilmen Call For Two Zionist Chief Rabbis

King and Shkedi opposed Mayor Barkat's 'deal' to balance Zionist rabbi with Shas hareidi candidate, call to seize 'one-time opportunity.'

Finance Min: Hareidi Homebuyers Don't Need VAT Discount

Not extending a VAT discount for first time home buyers in hareidi communities is not discriminatory, the Treasury said.

Beit Shemesh Faces Renewed Calls to Split the City

Some Eli Cohen supporters react to elections loss with petition to split the city into hareidi, secular halves.

Lapid: Time for Hareidi Men to Do Their Part

Lapid: Vote on hareidi enlistment is a vote for government power over ‘multi-cultural circus.’

Deputy Minister Slams Incitement Against Religious Zionists

Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Eli Ben-Dahan notes statements against other rabbis amount to 'desecration of G-d's name.'

Shas Rabbi Calls Religious Zionists 'Animals,' 'Idiots'

Event in Beit Shemesh held for hareidi mayoral candidate Mayor Moshe Abutbul degenerates as Rabbi calls government 'Amalek'.

Gemara Study Makes ‘Brilliant’ Workers, CEO Says

Minister Naftali Bennett quotes secular businessman on why it’s worthwhile to hire hareidi employees.

Mass Hareidi Rally ‘Like a Purim Play’

MK Feiglin on why Yair Lapid ‘is the best thing to happen to hareidi Jews.’

Rabbi, Students: No Place for Zionists at Hareidi Rally

Yeshiva students, former IDF Chief Rabbi, urge religious-Zionists who are planning to attend hareidi rally to reconsider.

Shaked Committee Debates: Who is a Hareidi Jew?

Can the State determine a person's religiosity? MKs grapple with the issue.

23,000 Hareidim to Hit the Job Market Within Months

Economics Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday led a round-table discussion on the employment situation in the hareidi community.

MK: Hareidim 'Hungry' for Secular Education

Israeli colleges and universities should design programs specifically for Hareidi Israelis, said MK Boaz Toporovsky (Yesh Atid).

Hareidi Media Reacts as Sanctions Voted In

Headlines proclaim a ‘black day for the Jewish state,’ ‘persecution of the Torah world’ as MKs vote to punish students for non-enlistment.

Commentator Calls for ‘Funerals in Bnei Brak’

Controversy on Channel 2 as commentator says he wants to see dead soldiers from Bnei Brak.

International Monetary Fund: Israel's GDP Growth Stable

Israel's GDP continues to grow, according to new report - but unemployment in specific populations continue to threaten that growth.

Hareidi Activists: Say No to Soldier Costumes

Will hareidi boys no longer dress up as IDF soldiers? Activists argue that popular costumes ‘won’t bring joy’ this Purim.

Lapid: Hareidi Israelis Are Our Brothers

Yair Lapid says he understands the anger in the hareidi community over the draft bill, but insists it was the 'right thing to do'.

IDF Soldier Attacked In Bnei Brak

Days after massive hareidi protest of yeshiva funding cuts, soldier attacked and sent to hospital. Follows hareidi MK warnings to Lapid.

Bennett: Jewish Home Could Leave Coalition Over Kerry Plan

Bennett rejects coalition 'soap opera,' says will leave coalition if peace deal doesn't meet his party's values.

Govt: Anyone Who Insults Hareidi Soldiers in Big Trouble

A law already on the books says that anyone insulting soldiers, including hareidi soldiers, could be jailed for 6 months and pay a huge fine

‘Yeshiva Heads: You Hold Lives in Your Hands’

Call for extreme caution in yeshivas as Bnei Brak slaying is linked to expulsion.

Court to Rule on Beit Shemesh Election Appeal

Beit Shemesh residents are waiting for a ruling from the High Court that will determine if new elections will be held soon

Video Campaign Target Yiddish Hareidi Aliyah

YouTube campaign by World Mizrachi movement, initiated by Jeremy Gimpel, calls on hareidi to immigrate to Israel - in Yiddish.

Ariel Expedites Hareidi Construction After Discrimination Claims

Housing Minister meets with major project leaders of hareidi-religious communities after hareidi media attacks Ariel for 'discrimination.'

Supreme Court Pushes Govt. To Enlist Hareidim

Judges demand govt. speed up legislative proceedings in drafting new hareidi IDF enlistment law.

Hareidi Media Attacks Housing Minister For Tenders

Hareidi papers slam Uri Ariel over Judea and Samaria construction plans, saying he's ignoring housing crisis among hareidi public.

Terrorist Stabbing Near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem

30-year-old Hareidi-religious man stabbed in neck on Saturday afternoon, evacuated to hospital. Police hunting Arab youth responsible.

Lapid: Fire the Chief Rabbis

Finance Minister promises to fire Israel's chief rabbis over ruling that Jewish law forbids religious girls from enlisting in the IDF.

Who Are Israel's 'Top Rabbis?'

Who is the most influential rabbi in Israel? According to Channel 10, it is Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman.

Lapid Triumphant: Hareidi Schools to Teach ‘Core Curriculum’

Finance Minister says Shas schools will teach science, math, and English. ‘This is the key to a better life.’

Anger as Mayor Blocks Housing for Hareidi Jews

Mayor of Lod holds up housing project, says he doesn’t want ‘socio-economically weak’ hareidi Jews making his city poorer.

Court, Towns Say No to Hareidi Schools in Secular Areas

Children attending a hareidi religious school in the central Israel town of Kadima protested after a court ordered the school closed.

Technion Program Prepares Hareidim for Hi-Tech

New mechina (university preparatory) program is designed to integrate hareidi, open the hi-tech workforce for them.

Rabbi: Hareidi Fraud Stems from ‘Exile Mentality’

Rabbi: elections fraud stems from ‘exile mentality’ imported to Israel; hareidi leaders should focus on fighting it.

Shas's Mayor to Appeal Beit Shemesh Verdict

Zionist politicians are happy with decision to hold new elections, but hareidi parties say the court surrendered to media pressure.

MK: Beit Shemesh Case reveals Anti-Hareidi Bias

Hareidi MK Menachem Moses slams calls to redo Beit Shemesh vote. ‘They’re only saying it because the mayor is a hareidi.’

Light Sentences for Arabs Who Attacked Hareidi Man

Two Arabs from eastern Jerusalem who took part in a group assault on the Jewish man receive one year in jail each.

Hareidi Rabbi Threatens: Meah Shearim Riots ‘Just a Promo’

Hareidi rabbi warns of world-wide campaign against forced enlistment. ‘Netanyahu will learn,’ he says.

Hareidim Fight 'Discrimination' on Facebook - with a New Logo

Hareidi group creates two-bar ‘equality’ symbol as protest against rejection of anti-discrimination bill.

Female Officer: I Hope Hareidim Die

Statement by Lt. Col. may reflect tension between feminists and religious soldiers in IDF.

Gantz: A Hareidi Soldier in IDF Will Leave IDF Hareidi

In Shaked Committee meeting, IDF Chief of Staff states 'The IDF does not see the hareidi-religious community as an enemy.'

Bennett: Likud to Decide on Jail for Hareidi Draft Dodgers

Bennett: Likud will ultimately decide whether hareidi draft-dodgers are sent to jail, or receive economic sanctions instead.

Rabbi Sacks: More Hareidim Need to be in IDF

Speaking Wednesday, former British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said that the IDF served a very important role in Israeli society

Knesset Knocks Down Law On Hareidi Discrimination

Law that would have made discrimination against hareidi religious Jews illegal rejected by the Knesset on its first reading.

Report: Draft-Dodging Sanctions to Be Economic, Not Criminal

New draft law for hareidi-religious sector set to impose economic sanctions - not criminal punishment - against draft-dodgers.

AG Reveals: Govt. to Oversee Hareidi Money-Lending

The government plans to institute oversight of 'gemach' free loan societies. Weinstein: Hareidi leaders will be involved in process.

Official: Slow Progress on Equal Service Law Problematic

Hareidi-religious Israelis may not have the option to fulfill their obligations to the state in the National Service, official warns.

Government Gives Go-Ahead to New Hareidi City

Government approves hareidi city, religious village in Negev. Leftist parties protest ‘injustice.’

Posters Emerge Across Israel Against MK Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan

Inflammatory posters call for Ben-Dahan to be relieved of his post; Bayit Yehudi condemns ongoing 'incitement' campaign against rabbi.

NJ Torah Event to Support Haredim in Israel

Rabbi Borenstein of Bnei Brak will address event focusing on supporting Haredim in Israel faced with "harsh decrees."