Haredim

Bayit Yehudi Demands New Beit Shemesh Vote

In letter to A-G, faction head Shaked says “a system has been discovered, a mechanism of forgery was exposed.”

Report: Fewer Young Couples Leaving Jerusalem

Fewer young people moved out of Jerusalem last year, according to the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS).

Extremism an Issue in Beit Shemesh Race

Beit Shemesh mayor recalls his accomplishments, but some residents say he’s to blame for continuing religious extremism.

Hareidi Woman Set to Make History in Elad

Hareidi ‘Mothers’ Party’ may become make history with female representatives in hareidi city.

Dozens of Hareidim Ascend Temple Mount

Rabbi Yitzchak Brand ascended along with dozens of followers and their families, to pray at the holiest Jewish site

Hareidi MKs Furious at Religious Zionists over Foreign Students

Bayit Yehudi under fierce attack for its support of a budget cut ending financial support to yeshiva students from abroad.

Bayit Yehudi Activist Stabbed in Jerusalem Park

A volunteer for Bayit Yehudi, who was posting signs in Sacher Park in Jerusalem, was stabbed by an individual in hareidi garb.

Hareidim Rally Against 'Unfiltered Internet'

The harm of technology has been a growing controversial topic for Hareidim as thousands joined in a conference against unfiltered internet.

Threats End Hareidi Woman's Jewish Home Candidacy

Candidate Racheli Ivenboim says she faced threats her children would be forced out of school. 'Time for the hareidi community to decide.'

First Pre-Army Academy for Hareidi Students

New "mechina" school will give hareidi teenagers a year of intensive pre-army preparation, Torah study.

Peres to Hareidi Youth: Be Like the Rambam

Peres sits down with hareidi youth, calls for hareidi Jews to attend college, enter the workforce. ‘Be like the Rambam.’

Child Allowance Payments Hit All-Time Low

Finance Minister Yair Lapid celebrates delivery of one of Yesh Atid's central campaign promises - but not everyone is cheering.

Businessman's Vision Takes Off

Hareidi Experts in Israel Provide Real Estate Services to US

Israel leads hi-tech, but did you know it is a major force in the US real estate world due to a highly trained group of hareidi women?

Report: Secular Man on Bus Hit Hareidi Who Asked Woman to Move

Police: a secular man punched a hareidi man who asked a woman to move to the back seats of a Jerusalem bus. Bus company's version differs.

Bennett: The Goal – Get Most Hareidi Men to Work

Bennett: The political fighting is over – time to get started.

Report: Piron Planning Hareidi Public Schools

Hareidi media reports: Education Minister trying to bring hareidi schools under state auspices.

Rabbi: Zionists Fought Hareidim, and Lost

The Rabbinate elections show the religious-Zionist community what happens if it fights the hareidi world, religious-Zionist rabbi says.

Air Force Gets Inside Look at the Hareidi World

Air Force commanders prepare for new hareidi-religious recruits with a tour of Jerusalem’s Chassidic communities.

Gafni Apologizes to Calderon After Telling Her to 'Shut Up'

MK Moshe Gafni has apologized to MK Ruth Calderon after he told her to “shut up” during a heated Knesset debate on Wednesday.

Another Attack on Hareidi Soldier in Jerusalem

Hareidim threw objects at a soldier at the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. He was not hurt.

Public Security Minister: Dozens of Hareidi Attacks on Soldiers

Min. Aharonovich: five hareidi attacks on soldiers in recent days - most attacks go unreported

Bennett Defends Hareidi Community: Don’t Blame Everyone

Naftali Bennett denounces attack on hareidi soldier, but warns that condemning all hareidi Jews is no less dangerous.

Shas ‘Disgusted’ by Attack on Hareidi Soldier

Hareidi-religious Shas party expresses shock, disgust over ‘wicked’ attack on soldier.

Hareidi Soldier Attacked by Meah Shearim Mob

The delegitimization of IDF soldiers in the hareidi community continued Tuesday night, as a soldier was stoned in Meah Shearim

Porush: This is a Dark Day for Israel

Hareidi-religious MK slams law requiring hareidi enlistment. ‘This will be remembered as a dark day.’

Support for ‘Imperfect’ Bill on Hareidi-Religious Enlistment

Bill on hareidi enlistment passes with 14 votes and 4 abstentions, but dissatisfaction remains.

Hareidi Students Against Piron: He’s Fighting the Torah World

Hareidi students express displeasure with Education Minister’s presence at graduation: ‘He’s fighting to change our children’s way of life’

Non-Jewish Guards to Stop Sabbath Thefts

Hareidi leaders in Jerusalem turn to private firm to stop wave of Sabbath thefts.

Labor MK: Hareidim Just Want to Make a Decent Living

MK Erel Margalit criticizes those who discriminate against hareidim based on their physical appearance.

Lapid: Hareidi Jews Aren’t Even Looking for Work

Finance Minister says hareidi men, Arab women ‘not even in the equation’ when it comes to employment.

Lapid's Latest 'Edict': Less Housing Aid for Hareidi Families

Two key criteria that enabled hareidi families to receive aid from the government for the purchase of an apartment were eliminated Monday

Hareidi Likud Leader: We're Headed Rightward

Hareidi Likud activist, Yaakov Vider, elected to Likud convention presidency, says Likud will go to the right.

Video: Hareidi Clash with Police Becomes Wedding Dance

Hareidi men show their sense of humor with wedding dance styled on protest violence.

MK Disturbed by ‘Third World’ Healthcare in Hareidi Cities

MK warns that health centers are failing to keep up with hareidi birthrate, putting babies at risk.

Law Would Punish Anti-Hareidi Discrimination

MK Litzman hints new law would have criminalized the government's recent behavior.

Streisand Slams Hareidim for Anti-Women Stances

Singer Barbra Streisand expressed her dismay at what she called the “discriminatory behavior” against women by hareidi-religious Jews.

IDF to Hareidi Soldiers: Hide Your Uniforms

A hareidi religious member of the IDF claimed that he was attacked while walking in the center of Bnei Brak while wearing his uniform

Expert: Israel Will Suffer Unless Hareidim, Arabs Get to Work

Israel faces a bleak economic future if more hareidi Jews and Israeli Arabs are not recruited into the workforce, an expert told Arutz Sheva

Hareidi Business Summit in NYC: 'We're Driven'

LTB2013 business summit shows that the popular image of the unemployed hareidi is far from how things can be.

Fischer: Hareidi Birthrate ‘a Problem’

Bank of Israel head makes controversial statements about hareidi, Arab families in a farewell address.

Hareidi MK: If Govt. Forces Enlistment, Israel Won’t be Our Home

Hareidi MK: If Torah students are forced to enlist, ‘We will tell the world this isn’t the place for Torah observant Jews.’

Video: Only in Israel, Agreed?

Face it: it is highly unlikely that you could see and hear something like this anywhere but in Israel.

ZAKA Head: Hareidi World Lacks Leadership

ZAKA head explains why the secular and hareidi-religious communities cannot understand each other.

Hareidi IDF Rabbi: Forced Enlistment? This Means War

Hareidi IDF rabbi, Nachal Hareidi co-founder, threatens zero cooperation if government tries to force enlistment.

Jerusalem: Hareidi Rabbis Organize Mall Boycott

Hareidi rabbis wield purchasing power in battle for modesty, tell followers to avoid Ramot mall.

Lapid to Hareidi Men: We Need You

Lapid tells hareidi men, ‘If Iran gets a nuclear bomb, it’s happening to you, too.’

‘Sad Story’ of Hareidi Family Arrested in Jordan

Beit Shemesh family may have entered Jordan intentionally in an attempt to smuggle children to Canadian cult.

Beit Shemesh Family Arrested in Jordan

Eight members of a hareidi family from Beit Shemesh were arrested late Wednesday – in Jordan – after they crossed the border from Israel

The New National Sport: Hareidi-Bashing

The Attorney General's By-laws: Malice Towards Hareidim

‘Forcing a Core Curriculum is Dangerous’

Senior educator warns that forcing a ‘core curriculum’ into hareidi-religious schools would threaten integration.

Hareidi Paper Compares Lapid’s Speech to Hitler’s

Hareidi journalist argues that anti-hareidi incitement is comparable pre-World War anti-Semitism.

Lapid’s Deputy Slams Hareidi ‘Leeches,’ Apologizes

Deputy Finance Minister terms hareidi Jews ‘leeches,’ says they ‘can’t live off taxpayers.’

American Embassy Brings Expert to Hareidi College for Girls

An American delegation visited Machon Lustig, a center of studies for hareidi-religious women in the field of high-tech.

Yishai: Lapid is Right – We Took the Money

Shas head’s sarcastic comeback to Lapid, ‘I confess – we took the money.’

Lapid: Israel 'Sick of Taking Orders' from Hareidi MKs

Lapid tells hareidi Jews he does not hate them, ‘the state is just sick of taking your orders,’ in stormy Knesset session.

Paper Calls for Independent Hareidi Entity in Israel

As tension over IDF enlistment continues, hareidi daily proposes solving problem with hareidi autonomy.

Hareidi, Zionist Youth Sit and Talk

Hareidi and religious-Zionist youth plan joint Sabbath gathering, discussion of differences.

Rabbi Shteinman: Everything Is For the Good

Hareidi leader says funding cuts, pressure over IDF enlistment will ultimately benefit the hareidi community.

Hareidi PR Man Defends ‘Yesh Atid’

Well-known hareidi figure calls to end attacks on Yesh Atid. "Enough hate."