haredim

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."

Bennett: Employment More Important Than Equal Burden

Economy and Trade Minister says that ensuring employment for all Israelis is more important than equal burden in army service.

'Key' Challot to Make Their Appearance This Shabbat

This Shabbat is known among Jewish communities around the world as “the Key Shabbat"

Gafni: We Still Embrace Religious Zionists

Hareidi MK says hareidi world will ‘embrace’ religious Zionists, but will give religious-Zionist MKs a hard time.

Fiery Arutz Sheva interview

Video: Rabbi Druckman – 'Hareidim Boycott Others Full-Time'

Religious Zionist leader accuses hareidi spokesmen of hypocrisy in complaining about being left out of government.

Report: New Coalition will Make Conversion 'Easier'

Wide-ranging changes are expected in the role Jewish law plays in the life of the state, and many religious Jews are worried

'Sicarii' Accuse Gerrer Hassidim of Building in 'Cemetery'

Dozens of members of the hareidi community identified with the “Sicarii” group held an angry protest over an alleged grave violation.

Hareidi MKs: We're Now on the Left

In an interview, MK Moshe Gafni said that hareidi parties were now allying themselves with the left, permanently

MK: Wave of Hate Crimes against Hareidi Jews

Hareidi MK says anti-hareidi incitement has led to a wave of hate crimes that has been ignored by media, Knesset.

Two Youths Suspected of Arson in Hareidi Girls' School Fire

Two teens who are suspected of setting fire to a hareidi school had 'help' - from the media, which is inciting hatred, said school officials

Rabbi Calls for 5-Day Torah Marathon to 'Cancel Decree'

Hareidi-religious leader Rabbi Shteinman calls for a five-day Torah study marathon “to cancel the decree.”

Appeal to Bennett: Don’t Push Hareidi Jews Away

Former Yesha official calls on Bennett not to push away hareidi Jews for Yair Lapid’s sake.

Bayit Yehudi: Hareidi Draft Agreement Incomplete

Bayit Yehudi party denied Saturday night report that it had reached an agreement with Yesh Atid party on hareidi enlistment.

Finally, IDF Written Agreements for Accommodating Hareidim

A written order has finally replaced oral agreements relating to the treatment of hareidi-religious soldiers in the IDF.

Bennett to Hareidi Jews: 'The Stretcher is Falling'

Naftali Bennett appeals to ‘hareidi brothers’: Torah study is critical, but hareidi Jews must enlist.

‘Forced Hareidi Enlistment Means Rebellion, Chaos’

Forcing hareidi men to enlist in the IDF would mean rebellion and chaos on the streets of Israel, Shas leader says.

'IDF Must Keep its Promises - or Hareidi Soldiers Will Leave'

A rabbi who helped found an IDF unit for hareidi soldiers accuses the army of breaking its promises; warns hareidi Jews will leave.

Hareidi Academicians Make Less than Secular Ones

Study shows that 47% of hareidi academicians make up to NIS 7,200 per month.

Hareidi Students Choose Law, Business

Hareidi students prefer to study law, business and education, study finds. Most students have community support.

Video, Photos: Satmar Rebbe Arrives in Israel

The Satmar Rebbe arrived in Israel on Sunday night and took part in an anti-voting rally in Jerusalem.

Hareidi Elections Battle: To Vote or Not to Vote?

While in most of Israel parties compete for votes, in the hareidi world the battle is between pro- and anti-voting agendas.

Poll: 1 in 3 Want to Cut Funding for Hareidim

Pollsters ask where budget should be cut, and one-third name funding intended for hareidi-religious community.

Extremists Mount Anti-iPhone Campaign

Organization declares "war" on the practice of entering synagogues with smartphones.

Am Shalem: 'We Reflect The Forgotten View'

Moshe Tzarfati: “We reflect a view that had been forgotten for 30 years under Shas, but is still vibrant in hearts, minds of Hareidis."

Activists to Hareidi Parties: Include Women or Get Out

Feminists ask the Elections Committee to ban hareidi parties over their all-male Knesset lists.