Haredi yeshiva student who received a license for a personal weapon approximately one year ago, commander in the Hahashmonaim Brigade, shot and eliminated terrorists responsible for Ramot Junction shooting attack.
Master politician Netanyahu is well aware that annexation would dramatically change the dynamics of Israeli politics. It would also affect the demographics even if Smotrich's plan is the one chosen. Opinion.
The New York State Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction against the closure of six haredi yeshivas in Brooklyn.
Student tells story of extreme behavior on part of school principal, says she was told, 'Even if Rabbi Ovadia Yosef comes, I won't accept you.'
Shas spokesman Asher Medina relates Degel Torah faction’s opposition, blames Ashkenazic-haredi party for enabling ongoing discrimination against Sephardic high school girls.
Hamodia newspaper escalates tone, says haredi parties won't support budget bill despite talks on Draft Law.
Prime Minister urges coalition partners to rejoin, citing existential threats and the importance of unity: "There’s no substitute for this government."
Close aides of Rabbi Yitzhak Zilberstein condemn misrepresentation of his statements on IDF service.
National Service registration reopens for haredi youth, months after the program was halted; hundreds already serving in key security and emergency roles.
Rabbi Yitzhak Zilberstein, a leading haredi figure, clarifies remarks on bans on Torah study, stressing that instruction to desecrate Shabbat does not apply in Israel, where the government allows Torah study. 'Anyone not learning - should enlist in a haredi unit.'
Renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Alter David Chaim Stern passes away at 93.
Attempted arrest of yeshiva student thwarted after local haredi residents surround police officers.
Bnei Brak resident petitions to impose academic and financial sanctions on Arab citizens of draft age, Attorney General’s Office dismisses request.
Kretchnif Siget Rebbe collapses during prayers in Jerusalem, is evacuated to hospital in serious condition.
Ahead of Elul term and following recent arrests, Rabbi Yitzhak Zilberstein calls on haredi yeshiva students to learn Torah constantly and avoid idle talk.
Haredi groups plan fresh protests against the detention of draft evaders, alongside a public fast and prayer later this week, while Tzohar’s Rabbi David Stav condemns refusal to serve as a 'disgrace of Hashem’s name.'
Yoel Levi, 23, who escaped the extremist Lev Tahor cult in Guatemala seven years ago, has successfully led an eight-month mission that resulted in the dismantling of the cult.
Protests erupt in the Sharon area against draft dodgers' arrests, causing massive traffic jams.
Major General Yaniv Asor highlights challenges in public trust, manpower issues, and the need for a large, well-equipped army.
Deputy Attorneys General propose examining the possibility of including in the support eligibility criteria a requirement to regularize status with military authorities as a condition for receiving subsidies, regardless of the existing qualifying test.
In meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and local leaders, Beitar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein urges sovereignty over all of Israel and recognition of Torah study.
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef slams heads of haredi parties, questioning why they believed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promises regarding Draft Law.
Shas party denies Aryeh Deri called for draft evasion, calling it 'false libel,' says remarks were aimed at encouraging Torah students.
Dozens of representatives from haredi yeshivas and communities gather in Jerusalem to found help center for arrested yeshiva students.
Rabbi Dov Lando tells visiting Jewish delegation his vision for American Jews' role in battle against haredi conscription, promising 'big role' and clear instructions later on. 'It will be in stages.'
IDF faces backlash after allowing senior haredi rabbis to visit jailed draft dodgers, pledges tighter enforcement of prison visitation rules.
Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch visits yeshiva students in Military Prison, accompanied by leading Shas party rabbis.
Rabbi Dov Lando leads initiative for several haredi factions to withdraw investment funds from Israel in protest of the arrest of yeshiva students who refuse to enlist.
Degel Hatorah leaders Rabbi Dov Lando and Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch held secret meetings with a Trump Administration official hoping for US intervention in the issue of the haredi draft.
Yated Ne'eman headlines with the word 'War' following acts of enforcement against yeshiva students who refuse conscription, accuses Attorney General of attempting to create irreversible clash between State and haredi community.
Amidst military police raids on haredi strongholds in an attempt to arrest yeshiva students who are draft dodgers, a senior haredi official claims that this is the most challenging time for his community.
Soldiers from first regular-service haredi company, 'Hashmonaim,' end march for beret at Western Wall.
Two suspects were arrested in Kiryas Joel for trying to extort $13,500 from a haredi resident after the victim coordinated with local Shomrim and police to set a trap for their capture.
Except for Hassidim, each ethnic, cultural, or geographic group living in Israel today has made some adjustments in diet, language, community, and climate, to adjust to living in an Israeli/Middle East environment.
While speaking with yeshiva students, Shas chairman says that even during times of war, the students should not even consider changes or enlisting in the military to defend the nation.
Victim beaten and cursed by three youths in early-morning assault; police responded quickly but suspects escaped.
Aryeh Ehrlich, editor of Mishpacha magazine, harshly condemned MK Yitzhak Goldknopf’s statement distancing himself from the grief of bereaved religious-Zionist families amid the war with Hamas. Calling the remarks 'un-Jewish' and 'callous.'
United Torah Judaism Party chairman says the haredi community would leave Israel entirely if they are faced with a mandatory IDF draft, tells religious Zionists who serve, 'don't transfer your pain to me.'
Rabbi Dovid Povarsky slams government hostility toward Torah learners, urges yeshiva students to stand firm in faith and avoid public disputes.
A year and eight months after being severely wounded in combat, an IDF officer was attacked on his way to rehabilitation - by Jews.
Sophisticated tech support scam highlights growing wave of digital fraud in New York, prompting community alerts and police involvement.
Arutz Sheva learns Beitar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein and Modi’in Illit Mayor Yaakov Guterman actively working to persuade haredi MKs to support proposal for Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
Wolfson Yeshiva held an emergency assembly after three students, including two Kol Torah alumni, declared plans to enlist in the IDF, sparking sharp rebuke from the dean.
The Yeshiva Council today distributed a letter to all haredi yeshivot across the country, warning students not to attempt to independently arrange their military status.
The United Torah Judaism claimed that the Shas chairman had deceived the Rabbis by keeping his party in the coalition.
An Arab man from eastern Jerusalem was arrested last night after throwing a coffee cup at haredi pedestrians on Sultan Suleiman Street.
Cpl. Y., a Haredi immigrant from Chile, shares his journey from yeshiva studies to serving in an IDF elite unit, says military service and religious commitment can go hand in hand.
A 30-year-old Haredi woman was attacked in Ashdod by two young cyclists but managed to stop them and get her purse back.
MK Moshe Gafni dodges question on whether haredim not studying Torah should be drafted into the IDF, emphasizes United Torah Judaism will return to coalition only with agreed-upon Draft Law.
Following Shas and United Torah Judaism's withdrawal from the government, Likud ministers are requesting upgraded roles, other coalition partners are requesting the evacuated positions.
As UTJ exits coalition, internal tensions within haredi bloc resurface as divide deepens between Gur-affiliated factions and the Shlomei Emunim alliance with Belz.
MK Yuli Edelstein's Draft Law includes a clause stating that if enlistment goals are not met within six months, daycare subsidies will be completely canceled.
Israel is currently seeing unprecedented steps on both sides of the issue of forcing haredim into service - but haredim are not so estranged from Israel's security as one might believe.
Haredi leaders in the Diaspora urge caution over granting Israeli citizenship to children, advise parents to consult before proceeding with immigration or citizenship applications due to 'risk' of IDF draft.
Approximately 80 Haredi soldiers who enlisted in the past year in a special track for them in the Border Police have begun operating in an operational sector in the Jerusalem envelope area.
Haredi Knesset parties contemplating voting with opposition to exert more pressure to pass Draft Law, warn of potential to dissolve Knesset if progress isn't made.
Following the announcement from the haredi parties that they would boycott the Knesset votes until the Draft Law is presented, the coalition withdrew all the laws that were on the agenda.
Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein issues a strong warning to haredi parents in Rishon Lezion, cautioning them against schools he says 'pose as haredi,' and urging them to choose schools such as Chinuch Atzmai and Bnei Yosef.
Haredi parties express anger over stalled Draft Law negotiations, warn voting boycott will continue until breakthrough is reached.
IDF set to request extension for response to Supreme Court petition regarding Draft Law, citing the ongoing conflict with Iran; emphasizes 50,000 draft orders will be sent to haredim as scheduled.
