yeshiva students

Haredi billionaire increases support for yeshiva students

At a dinner in the US, haredi billionaire Shlomo Rechnitz says yeshiva students will receive 20% raise in salary.

Chicago police searching for man who threatened Jewish students

Suspect yelled antisemitic abuse at yeshiva students and their teacher, including saying "All of you should be killed."

Thousands of yeshiva students march in Jerusalem against reforms

Students from national-religious community demonstrate against Minister Kahana's religious reforms.

Body of missing yeshiva student found

Three days after he went missing, body of yeshiva student Efraim Nachum Re'em is found in northern Israel.

Yeshiva students in Yerucham organize a wedding - for free

Yisrael and Chen requested financial help ahead of their wedding. Yeshiva students in Yerucham made the wedding for them.

Attempted lynching at Homesh yeshiva

Group of Arabs attack students at Homesh yeshiva in Samaria with clubs and stones. Students hold off attackers until security forces arrive.

Gov't to reinstate daycare subsidies for some yeshiva students

'The State admitted, essentially, that there were real flaws in the Finance Minister's original decision,' attorneys say.

Yeshiva student shot with BB gun in Brooklyn

Lubavitcher yeshiva student shot in drive-by BB gun shooting in Crown Heights.

Kiryat Shmona yeshiva students to spend Yom Kippur on kibbutzim

'We're very glad yeshiva students are joining our kibbutz's prayers, it connects us to our heritage,' says Netanel Dik of Kibbutz Manara.

Fifth suspect arrested in murder of Denver yeshiva student

18-year old will reportedly face multiple charges, including first-degree murder, assault, theft, burglary and menacing.

Chabad Lubavitch yeshiva deans: Don't send students to New York

Deans of seven Chabad Lubavitch yeshivas in Israel call on parents not to send their sons to Crown Heights for upcoming holiday season.

Student visa fraud backfires, yeshivot involved penalized

Group of 30+ haredim from New York managed to enter Israel for wedding, claiming to be students, but Israeli gov't discovered deception.

Yeshivas won't send students home for weekend

Yeshiva Committee publishes letter urging yeshivas to refrain from sending students home over Shabbat. 'Torah study protects and saves us.'

Watch: Tear gas used in Ponevezh Yeshiva brawl

Police remove all students from Beit Midrash after brawl breaks out between rival factions during afternoon prayers.

Arab slaps yeshiva student, then posts it to TikTok

Video posted to TikTok shows Arab slapping Jewish yeshiva student on the Light Rail in Jerusalem. Police investigating.

Yeshiva students prevented from boarding flight in Paris

Air France demands students present proof of medical insurance. Students permitted to board flight after intervention by Israeli embassy.

Yeshiva student takes down terrorists in daring raid

A yeshiva student serving in the IDF was credited with taking down a terror cell in the Binyamin Region.

'Reasons to be optimistic' about infection rate in haredi sector

'Yeshiva plan very effective, students are getting vaccinated at a fast pace,' coronavirus czar for haredim says.

Yeshiva deans urge students to get COVID vaccine

Haredi rabbis urge yeshiva students to get vaccinated in order to return to regular Torah studies

Four yeshiva students turn themselves in over attack on police

Several students of the Vishnitz yeshiva have given themselves up to the authorities in connection to the attack on Bnei Brak detectives.

Merkaz HaRav sends students home

The Rosh Yeshiva of Merkaz Harav has issued a letter asking his students to switch to distance learning.

Yeshiva students land in Israel, are returned to London

Two hasidic yeshiva students arrive in Israel without authorization, are turned back by authorities.

'Yeshiva students may be on the streets'

Coronavirus may have caused 'what Zionists haven't managed to accomplish in 70 years,' Rabbi Yitzhak Koldetzki says.

US yeshiva students to be permitted to return to Israel

Israel okays return of foreign yeshiva students seeking to resume their studies - provided specific precautions are taken.

Yeshiva student killed by drunk driver while helping motorist

Yeshiva students from Monsey on Arizona trip stop on freeway to help driver fix flat tire when hit by drunk driver. Moshe Ari Yost killed.

First yeshiva high school student completes the Odyssey program

Nir Luria, student at Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva, graduates high school with a third of his B.Sc., making him the first yeshiva student to do so.

IDF soldiers finish Talmud tractate at swearing-in

Hundreds of IDF soldiers from infantry and tanks celebrate finishing tractate at their swearing in ceremony.

New York: Four yeshiva students suffer burns in bungalow fire

Gas explosion injures yeshiva students celebrating their high school graduation.

Will daily passes include both Friday and Saturday?

Yeshiva students tell haredi MK: Daily passes not usable on both Friday and Saturday.

Watch: From the Diaspora to the IDF's Engineering Corps

Celebration as seventy yeshiva students from Machal program come to recruitment office accompanied by family members to enlist in the IDF.

Yeshiva seniors join Hurricane Harvey relief efforts

Jewish high school students roll up their sleeves, help Harvey cleanup.

Yeshiva students to be recognized as 'working' husbands

Government backs bill guaranteeing wives of yeshiva students sick days off for children.

Sephardic Chief Rabbi: Get married at age 20

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef tells yeshiva students to ignore deans, marry early.

4 yeshiva students stabbed in southern Israel

Local man breaks into Netivot yeshiva, attacks students.

Teenage yeshiva students exempted from National Insurance tax

Ministerial Committee for Legislation approves Shas MK's law exempting yeshiva students under age 19 from paying NII premiums.

Deri grants temporary residents' visas to yeshiva students

Deri grants temporary residents' visas to yeshiva students and their wives, lengthens validity of student visas.

Yeshiva students to receive transportation benefits

Decision ends what some have called religious discrimination against haredi sector.

Drug-smuggling yeshiva students remain under arrest

Arrest of three yeshiva students who were caught smuggling drugs into Israel has been extended, State Attorney files claim against them.

Yeshiva students suspected of drug smuggling arrested

Three yeshiva students arrested for allegedly smuggling ecstasy pills from Germany into Israel.

Judea and Samaria top Shabbat destination for haredi students

But growing connections between haredi yeshiva students and national-religious towns in Judea and Samaria have some in haredi world worried.

Two Yeshiva Students Attacked with Firebomb in Manhattan

In an incident last Friday, a man tossed a firebomb at two yeshiva students in Manhattan. They weren't hurt.

Yeshiva Student Combat Draft Rates 6 Times Higher Since 2007

State submits critical data on haredi enlistment in response to petition claiming haredi draft is 'discrimination.'

Lapid: 'Suckers' Lose Again as Yeshiva Students to Get IDF Pass

Yesh Atid MKs and supporters conducted a protest against the expected repeal of sanctions on yeshiva students who don't serve in the IDF.

Public Transportation on Shabbat is a 'Disaster'

High school and yeshiva students issue letter to PM Netanyahu and Bennett demanding full ban of public transportation on Shabbat.

Yeshiva Student Stipends Come to an End

Some 10,000 full-time married yeshiva students received their last government stipend, ending a tradition that has been extant for 33 years.

Abbas Says PA Will Assist Israel in Search for Missing Students

PA Chairman reacts to disappearance of three yeshiva students, says the PA will assist Israel in the search.

Israeli Students Ask UN Chief to Help Locate Missing Teens

If yeshiva students were kidnapped by terorrists, UN has the power to assist in their release, write students to Ban Ki-moon.

Netanyahu Links Hamas-Fatah Government to Missing Students

Netanyahu speaks with Kerry, says yeshiva boys’ disappearance directly related to Hamas-Fatah unity.

PA Official: We're Not Responsible for Boys' Disappearance

PA spokesman says PA has "nothing to do" with the three missing yeshiva students.

IDF Spokesman: Doing Everything We Can to Locate Students

IDF Spokesman Moti Almoz says the entire defense establishment doing everything in its power to locate the three missing yeshiva students.

Drama in Israel

Yeshiva Students Missing, Suspected Kidnapped by Terrorists

Massive IDF manhunt underway in Hevron area after students suspected kidnapped by terrorists; Chief rabbinate calls for public prayer.

Alert Student Saves Classmates from Sabbath Blaze

Yeshiva students’ room goes up in flames, but none injured thanks to quick-thinking classmate.

Victory for Zionist Yeshivas: State Recognizes Torah Study

First official state recognition of the value of Torah study as Zionist yeshiva students allowed to continue studies.

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.’

Lapid: Not Too Many 'Chazon Ish'-Type Sages Around Today

Finance Minister Yair Lapid said that he was not looking for a fight with the hareidi community, but to help them

Yesh Atid MK in Row with Hareidim Over Street Cleaning

MK Dov Lipman criticized after suggesting that yeshiva students, during their break, should help clean the streets as an act of chesed.

Top Hareidi Rabbi: Yeshiva Budget Cuts 'Dangerous'

Rabbi Shmuel Vozner said that cutting funding for hareidi yeshivot will "cause the future existence of Israel to be in doubt.”

MK: Want to Enlist Hareidim? Enlist Arabs, Too

Hareidi MKs say it’s discrimination to require hareidi scholars to enlist in the IDF without demanding the same of Israeli Arabs.

Rabbi Yosef: Yeshiva Students Should Leave Israel to Avoid Draft

If the government attempts to draft yeshiva students, the students will have no choice but to leave Israel, said Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

Problems Reported in Bayit Yehudi Vote

Yeshiva students voting in Tuesday's Bayit Yehudi primaries have been turned away from polling places near where they study.