Haredi Soldiers

Haredi recruitment

The IDF needs more haredi soldiers, but not because of the "sharing the burden" accusation leveled at them by protesters. Op-ed.

Three of the outstanding soldiers are from haredi units

Avraham Bar Noy of Netzach Yehuda, Benny Brim of Hetz & Binyamin Gopin of Maginei Hanegev, are named among this year's outstanding soldiers.

Memorial Day ceremony honors fallen haredi soldiers

1,200 people attend special Memorial Day event honoring Israel's fallen haredi soldiers, including from Nahal Haredi.

IDF General: Those who condemn haredi soldiers have an agenda

d Maj. Gen. (res.) Nadav Padan says in closed meeting in Austin, Texas that haredi soldiers not more likely to engage in improper conduct.

Op-ed: Chief of Staff Kochavi unwittingly erodes confidence in all of the IDF

Kochavi's harsh immediate reaction to a video of haredi soldiers beating Arabs was unadvised. There are two sides to this story.

IDF opens all positions to haredi soldiers for the 1st time

New rules to allow haredi recruits to complete high school studies before enlisting, place soldiers based on ability rather than test scores

Meet the new Haredi recruits of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion

13 Haredi youth enlisted in the IDF last Wednesday and were assigned to one squad at the Netzah Yehuda Battalion training base.

Haredi soldiers visit Nazi death camps to say 'Never again'

Recently released haredi IDF soldiers tour key Holocaust sites in Poland, including 'Children's Forest' where Nazis gunned down 800 children

'Soldiers in IDF's haredi battalion are our contemporary Maccabees'

Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff light Hanukkah candles with haredi soldiers.

Haredi lone soldiers get new home in Jerusalem

'Yuval's House' established by Netzah Yehuda Organization in honor of fallen soldier will provide warm home for other haredi soldiers.

Historic: Haredi soldier takes command of Negev Company

Shmuel Kirsch, a soldier from a prominent Chabad rabbinic family, becomes the first haredi commander of the Negev Company.

Watch: Haredi soldiers train - in Yiddish

Haredi paratroopers train for combat to commands in Yiddish.

Watch: 100 haredi IDF soldiers sing 'Ani Ma'amin'

Haredi soldiers - most of them married with families - finish Home Front Command's special basic training and begin serving in reserves.

Israel's 'Lone Soldier' - The history behind the name

Unpacked explores the motivating factors that draw thousands from around the world to serve and protect their country.

Haredi soldiers recite mourner's prayer for coronavirus victims in on-base prayers

Jews from Israel & abroad can send names of relatives to soldiers who are permitted to pray in the required quorum of ten.

Report: IDF falsified statistics on haredi draft

For years, IDF's statistics on haredi enlistment have been exaggerated to prevent public criticism, report says.

Dear secular Israelis, the haredi Jews are Israel's bulwark

Satmar hasidim buy pizza for IDF soldiers

Satmar hasidim visiting from US buy pizza for soldiers serving in Hevron.

This year: Memorial ceremony for fallen haredi IDF soldiers

'The State of Israel will never forget those who gave their lives for the people of Israel.'

Will Haredim soon join the Israeli Air Force?

Is Israel's Air Force the next frontier for haredi integration into the IDF?

IDF launches campaign to recruit haredim to fight

Combat units: Netzach Yehuda Battalion, Tomer Company in Givati, Hetz Company in Paratroopers, Mageni Hanegev Brigade, Air and Space Corps.

President lights Hanukkah candle with haredi soldiers

Reuven Rivlin joined by haredi soldiers for candle lighting on first night of Hanukkah festival.

Record number of haredi paratroopers sworn in

Haredi paratrooper company sworn in at Western Wall as requests to join unit continue to climb.

Haredi lone soldiers receive new home in Jerusalem

Nahal Haredi inaugurates new home for lone soldiers, emphasizes need for support for haredi soldiers who can't go home during army service.

'IDF can't handle so many haredi soldiers at once'

Education Minister Bennett says coalition crisis is 'hollow,' no reason to push for immediate draft of all haredi yeshiva students.

Effigy of haredi IDF soldier hung in Jerusalem

Police remove second effigy in 12 hours, opposition MK demands coalition speak out against incitement.

Haredi rabbis ban dressing up as IDF soldiers during Purim

Group of 35 haredi rabbis sign letter forbidding children from dressing up as IDF soldiers. 'Stay away from this ugliness.'

'You serve without sacrificing an iota of your faith'

President Reuven Rivlin meets with haredi soldiers of the 'Abirei Hashachar' battalion.

IDF relaxes restrictions on facial hair for religious soldiers

The IDF relaxed its grooming standards to enable religious soldiers to grow beards after revised rules in 2016 caused a huge backlash.

Deri blasts preferences for haredi soldiers

'We argued for over an hour'. Interior Minister opposes preferences for haredim who served in the IDF when hiring for public sector jobs.

Watch: Haredi paratroopers train on 'Eichmann Tower'

All-haredi paratrooper company conducts simulated drops from IDF's 'Eichmann Tower', prepares for their first set of real jumps.

Haredi officer awarded huge settlement over harassment

Court rules publishers of 'Shaming' pamphlets targeting and harassing haredi soldiers must pay 650,000 shekels to haredi officer.

Israelis back draft for haredim - but not Israeli Arabs

Two-thirds of Jews back drafting young haredi men into IDF - but mostly oppose extending draft to Arab community.

Police mark haredi demonstrators with numbers after arrests

Anti-draft demonstrators' hands marked with numbers after they refuse to identify themselves to police.

Female soldier who fended off anti-IDF radicals to be indicted?

IDF soldier who was harassed by dozens of anti-draft protesters faces possible assault charges.

'You're following in Abraham's footsteps'

Haredi soldiers hold battalion exercise in Jordan Valley. 'You do what is right despite what others think, just like Abraham.'

Haredi enlistment rising - but IDF still not meeting goals

The number of haredi Jews drafting into the IDF continues to rise, but IDF is still far from reaching its goals, report finds.

Homeless: Haredi family evicted over father's IDF service

Haredi family in Jerusalem thrown out of their home days before Rosh Hashanah after landlord discovers the father served in the IDF.

That's not kosher: Haredi soldiers fed non-kosher food

Religious soldiers from Nahal Haredi unit sent to army education center given non-kosher food in violation of unit's regulations.

Brigade commander talks with haredi soldiers on women's singing

Commander removes haredi soldiers during social event with women's singing, encourages them to maintain their way of life in the army.