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News and updates about haredim

New York Times:

Shin Bet enlisted haredi rabbis to counter Iranian recruitment

A New York Times report reveals growing Iranian intelligence efforts to recruit Israeli citizens for espionage, prompting the Shin Bet and police to enlist haredi rabbis to warn against financial collaboration.

Shin Bet enlisted haredi rabbis to counter Iranian recruitment

The haredi counter-identity

There are Torah-true teachings that haredi ideology has ignored and subordinated to the preservation of haredi separateness. Opinion.

The  haredi counter-identity

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Israel recruits rabbis to counter Iran's spy recruitment campaign

Israeli authorities enlisted leading rabbis to warn against Iranian recruitment as police report more than 60 espionage indictments.

Israel recruits rabbis to counter Iran's spy recruitment campaign

IDF Spokesman: Attacks on Chief of Staff harm the entire military

IDF Spokesman Effie Defrin defended the Chief of Staff's warning on haredi draft legislation, saying political attacks undermine the entire military.

IDF Spokesman: Attacks on Chief of Staff harm the entire military

Ramat Gan:

Mayor apologizes, sends cake to victim of anti-haredi attack

Ramat Gan's mayor apologized after a haredi man was allegedly beaten and threatened in a suspected anti-haredi attack in the city.

Mayor apologizes, sends cake to victim of anti-haredi attack

Eggs thrown at tax inspectors during Bnei Brak Riot

Hundreds surround tax inspectors in Bnei Brak's Kiryat Viznitz, hurling eggs and damaging their vehicle before police evacuate them from the scene.

Eggs thrown at tax inspectors during Bnei Brak Riot

Mass protest planned for near military prison

Thousands of Sanz hasidim expected to protest outside Military Prison 10 after military court extends detention of two community members.

Mass protest planned for near military prison

Ex-IDF spokesman calls for separate IDs for draft evaders

Former IDF spokesman Maj. Gen. (res.) Moti Almoz calls for issuing separate identity cards for military servicemembers and draft evaders, says Israel should stop funding those who refuse to serve.

Ex-IDF spokesman calls for separate IDs for draft evaders

Supreme Court freezes law barring arrest of haredi draft-evaders

Supreme Court justice temporarily freezes implementation of newly-passed law halting the arrest of haredi draft evaders, orders State to justify.

Supreme Court freezes law barring arrest of haredi draft-evaders

Above the law

Knesset passes law to halt arrests of haredi draft dodgers

The Knesset approved a bill preventing arrests of haredi draft dodgers, with coalition support and opposition petitions filed against the move.

Knesset passes law to halt arrests of haredi draft dodgers

'When it affects their wallet'

Rabbi Paran's solution to the draft crisis

Rabbi Ya'ir Paran, great-grandson of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, says that the Basic Law: Torah Study, 'disgraces the Torah' and calls for the state to draft haredim while preserving their way of life.

Rabbi Paran's solution to the draft crisis

Shas MK: Draft everyone who isn't studying in yeshiva

Shas MK Yaakov Margi opposes advancing 'Torah Study Law,' sharply rebukes anti-draft protesters chanting, 'We will die and not enlist.'

Shas MK: Draft everyone who isn't studying in yeshiva

The battle over yeshiva funding

AG supports, Smotrich opposes: High Court discusses revoking tax benefits from haredi yeshivas whose students evaded conscription.

The battle over yeshiva funding

Haredi MK accuses:

Our greatest problems are from 'knitted kippahs'

MK Moshe Gafni criticizes removal of haredi yeshivas attended by draft-evaders from list of institutions receiving tax benefits, blames representatives of Religious Zionist sector.

Our greatest problems are from 'knitted kippahs'

Gur hasid arrested as concerns of mass protests grow

Gur hasid Moshe Reuven Verdiger arrested while awaiting official approval of military exemption request, plans for possible protests not yet known.

Gur hasid arrested as concerns of mass protests grow

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Haredi draft dodger denied tefillin for 3 days in jail

Detention facility staff refused to accept the pair of tefillin that a detainee's family brought for him after it was instructed to do so by the military.

Haredi draft dodger denied tefillin for 3 days in jail

Goldmining in Ethiopia:

Businessman arrested in probe into alleged NIS 200 million fraud

Israel Securities Authority launches criminal probe into haredi businessman Haim Leib Kaplan over alleged NIS 200 million fundraising scheme.

Businessman arrested in probe into alleged NIS 200 million fraud

Mistaken identity:

Police chase, cuff and injure haredi man

Plainclothes officers chase, cuff and injure a haredi man in Ashdod before discovering he was not the suspect they were searching for.

Police chase, cuff and injure haredi man

Antisemitic assault targeting haredi women

Five Jewish women were targeted with a water cannon filled with manure while riding bicycles in the Catskills Mountains.

Antisemitic assault targeting haredi women

At the Western Wall:

Thousands gather to pray for Vizhnitz Rebbe's recovery

Thousands gather to pray for recovery of Vizhnitz Rebbe, Rabbi Yisrael Hager, at orderly but massive Western Wall prayer rally.

Thousands gather to pray for Vizhnitz Rebbe's recovery

First Publication:

44% of haredim prepared to study in mixed-gender classrooms

Most haredim still prefer studying in separate classes, but nearly half would be willing to study in mixed-gender classrooms in order to earn their desired academic degree.

44% of haredim prepared to study in mixed-gender classrooms

Thousands of haredim lose eligibility for discounted homes

Construction and Housing Ministry sends notices to thousands of haredi yeshiva students, informing them of revocation of eligibility for housing lotteries.

Thousands of haredim lose eligibility for discounted homes

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Violent clashes between haredim and soldiers at IDF prison

Soldiers guarding the Military Prison 10 complex clash with haredi rioters who infiltrated the facility.

Violent clashes between haredim and soldiers at IDF prison

Power struggle over historic Jerusalem hospital

Municipal politicians sparred over the municipality's decision to allocate the historic Bikur Cholim hospital building to a haredi educational institution.

Power struggle over historic Jerusalem hospital

Shas MK to bereaved rabbi, 'you are arrogant and insolent'

MK Yosef Taieb repeatedly interrupted Rabbi Yirmi Stavisky's testimony before a Knesset committee, accusing the bereaved educator of attacking the haredi community.

Shas MK to bereaved rabbi, 'you are arrogant and insolent'

Legal adviser warns:

Torah Study Law could grant yeshiva students soldiers' privileges

Sagit Afik, legal adviser to Knesset, says Torah Study Law would grant yeshiva students privileges similar to those of soldiers - unless amendments are made.

Torah Study Law could grant yeshiva students soldiers' privileges

Text of law to curb arrest of haredi draft evaders disclosed

Ahead of the second and third readings, the temporary order was published, suspending arrests and enforcement for a limited period, subject to study requirements, affidavits, and supervision of yeshivas.

Text of law to curb arrest of haredi draft evaders disclosed

Top haredi rabbis ban route to Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes' tomb

Leading haredi rabbis, headed by Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, urge public to avoid main road to the tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes in Tiberias, protesting new beachfront without barriers or changing facilities.

Top haredi rabbis ban route to Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes' tomb

'Ayatollah state':

Battle for gender-segregated academic options escalates

Yisrael Beytenu chair MK Avigdor Liberman slams proposed legislation to allow gender-segregated classes for advanced degrees.

Battle for gender-segregated academic options escalates

Prominent haredi rabbi condemns violent protests as 'false zeal'

Rabbi Daniel Wolfson criticized the extremist tactics behind recent anti-draft demonstrations, warning that violence and provocation undermine the Haredi cause and only deepen public anger and division.

Prominent haredi rabbi condemns violent protests as 'false zeal'

Likud Knesset Member:

Attorney General is a 'cursed woman'

Finance Committee Chairman Hanoch Milwidsky accuses 'cursed' Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of targeting the Torah-learning community, says he is sure she will one day be held accountable.

Attorney General is a 'cursed woman'

The new demand infuriating haredi yeshivas

Tax Authority demanding yeshivas submit statements and documents on students' enlistment status as condition for donors to receive tax credits.

The new demand infuriating haredi yeshivas

Jerusalem:

Haredi protest targets Jerusalem café over Sabbath operations

A newly opened café in central Jerusalem became the scene of repeated protests on Saturday after dozens of Haredi demonstrators gathered outside to oppose its decision to operate on the Sabbath.

Haredi protest targets Jerusalem café over Sabbath operations

3 coalition MKs oppose

Basic Law: Torah Study passes in first reading

63 MKs vote in favor of bill to legislate Basic Law: Torah Study. MKs Yuli Edelstein (Likud), Dan Illouz (Likud), and Moshe Solomon (Religious Zionists) oppose it.

Basic Law: Torah Study passes in first reading

Outside AG's office

Hundreds of hassidim set up protest study hall

Viznitz hassidim gathered outside the Attorney General's office to protest the arrests of haredi draft dodgers.

Hundreds of hassidim set up protest study hall

Baharav-Miara's next steps against haredi draft-evaders

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demands Supreme Court ban afternoon program subsidies for haredi children whose fathers did not enlist in the IDF.

Baharav-Miara's next steps against haredi draft-evaders

Goldknopf slams Cabinet Secretary over haredi draft remarks

Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs defended a proposed draft order but drew sharp criticism from UTJ after accusing haredi parties of ignoring absentee yeshiva students.

Goldknopf slams Cabinet Secretary over haredi draft remarks

Haredi anti-draft protest

'The Chief of Staff is cursed, soldiers are dying'

Severe rhetoric directed at IDF Chief of Staff and the military during a Bnei Brak protest against the draft led by Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef. Defense Minister Israel Katz calls it a "grave incitement."

'The Chief of Staff is cursed, soldiers are dying'

Miki Zohar lashes out at Israeli media

Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar lams media outlets, urges agreement with haredim to resolve Draft Law crisis.

Miki Zohar lashes out at Israeli media

Massive anti-enlistment protest planned for Bnei Brak

Thousands of Sephardic haredim expected to attend mass rally in Bnei Brak, protesting arrests, imprisonment, and prison conditions for yeshiva students arrested for draft evasion.

Massive anti-enlistment protest planned for Bnei Brak

Goldknopf's statements that infuriated Knesset members

UTJ chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf sparked outrage by claiming the 'draft dodgers' are in Tel Aviv while defending Torah study in Israel.

Goldknopf's statements that infuriated Knesset members

Violent clashes at entrance to Bnei Brak

Women from 'Mothers on the Frontline' block entrance to Bnei Brak, causing massive congestion throughout the region.

Violent clashes at entrance to Bnei Brak

Leading haredi rabbi speaks out against demonstrations

Rabbi Dov Lando, leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, warns against participating in demonstrations, days after colleague Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch gives them a green light.

Leading haredi rabbi speaks out against demonstrations

My one - and only - difference with haredim

Dearest Haredim; let me say this as clearly and as directly as I can. You are not being fair.

My one - and only - difference with haredim

Court releases man filmed pointing gun at haredi protesters

A Jerusalem court released to house arrest a man accused of pointing a pistol at haredi protesters, sparking political backlash.

Court releases man filmed pointing gun at haredi protesters

Draft Law Crisis: Rabbi Yosef to lead massive rally in Bnei Brak

Following the continued arrests of haredi draft evaders and incidents of violence on the roads, the Sephardic Torah world is preparing for a protest rally on Saturday night.

Draft Law Crisis: Rabbi Yosef to lead massive rally in Bnei Brak

Two arrested after allegedly threatening haredi demonstrators

Police arrest two suspects believed to have drawn weapons to threaten haredi demonstrators - in two separate incidents.

Two arrested after allegedly threatening haredi demonstrators

Haredi rabbi's inciting claim: 'They are children of Amalek'

Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, a leading haredi rabbi, pens sharply-worded letters condemning arrests of haredi draft evaders and urging increased Torah study instead of violence as response to 'decree' of enlistment.

Haredi rabbi's inciting claim: 'They are children of Amalek'

Haredi rabbi: Blocking roads is theft

Rabbi Moshe Maya, senior Shas rabbi, says blocking roads is 'worst kind of theft,' but haredim must protest arrest of draft-evaders.

Haredi rabbi: Blocking roads is theft

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Violent clash erupts at conclusion of haredi protest convoy

Driver attacks vehicle belonging to haredi protesters on Highway 1, intentionally smashing the side mirror and attempting to assault the passengers. A brawl ensues.

Violent clash erupts at conclusion of haredi protest convoy

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Violent clashes between haredim and secular activists in Arad

Clashes broke out when secular activists prevented the departure of the haredi protest convoy towards from.

Violent clashes between haredim and secular activists in Arad

Traffic and confrontations amid Haredi protest convoy

Convoys departed from 19 haredi population centers under police coordination, with reports of heavy traffic and violent incidents, despite organizers' urging orderly and lawful protest.

Traffic and confrontations amid Haredi protest convoy

Massive convoy to protest arrests of yeshiva students

Jerusalem Faction, major hasidic groups, organize protest convoy expected to disrupt traffic around Israel.

Massive convoy to protest arrests of yeshiva students

Protest convoys reveal schism in haredi community

As hundreds of vehicles prepare for a nationwide protest, cooperation between major Hasidic groups and the Jerusalemite Faction has exposed the fault lines against Shas and Degel HaTorah.

Protest convoys reveal schism in haredi community

Ben-Gvir weighs dismissing officers over protest violence

Ben-Gvir called for a thorough investigation after footage appeared to show police violence against haredi protesters near Bnei Brak.

Ben-Gvir weighs dismissing officers over protest violence

Haredi deserter sparks waves of protest at release party

After six days in military detention, Yechiel Kotiner was released last night. He had caused significant controversy when he was arrested at a draft office.

Haredi deserter sparks waves of protest at release party

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef:

Trump spurned us due to arrest of yeshiva students

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef blames US-Iran memorandum of understanding on arrests of haredi yeshiva students.

Trump spurned us due to arrest of yeshiva students

Haredi protest returns to Beit Lid

Thousands of students and alumni from Be'er Hatalmud Yeshiva expected to arrive at detention facility to protest arrest of Sephardic yeshiva student.

Haredi protest returns to Beit Lid

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Haredi rioter assaults female detective and attempts to flee

Haredi protester filmed grabbing a plainclothes policewoman and throwing her to the ground, injuring her.

Haredi rioter assaults female detective and attempts to flee

Police brutality

Jerusalem Faction submits complaint

Following violent clashes during a Route 4 anti-conscription protest, a haredi legal fund filed complaints against police and vowed to continue demonstrations.

Jerusalem Faction submits complaint