Haredim

IDF to initiate criminal proceedings against haredi draft dodgers

IDF spokesperson says haredi men who receive draft notices and fail to report to their recruitment offices will be subject to criminal penalties.

'Nazi, go die in Gaza'

Haredi extremists riot outside IDF recruitment center

Police working to restore order after extremist haredim began rioting and blocking roads outside the Tel Hashomer Recruitment Center in central Israel.

'Murderer of souls'

IDF general attacked in Bnei Brak restaurant, police intervene

Police had to intervene when a mob of haredi extremists attacked Maj. Gen. David Zini, who works to enlist haredim, as he sat in a restaurant in Bnei Brak.

2 companies, 180 soldiers:

New haredi brigade gets underway

New "Hashomonaim" brigade for haredim to include a regular and a reserve company with 80 and 100 soldiers, respectively.

Poll:

Most Religious Zionists support haredi draft

A large majority - 72.5% - of Religious Zionists support some type of haredi draft; just 20% of haredim say agreement must be reached on Draft Law.

Lower birthrates and increased use of Internet in haredi sector

A Haredi Institute for Public Affairs report shows that economic pressures are changing the face of haredi society in several parameters.

Minister Regev:

'There is no better government than this'

Transportation Minister Miri Regev urges haredi parties not to resign from the coalition, despite the lack of progress in passing the Draft Law: There is no better government than this, especially for the haredi public.

35 haredi officers join Israel Police

In the shadow of significant concerns regarding haredim enlisting in the IDF, a new course of haredim have been certified for a variety of roles in the Israel Police.

Yesh Atid MK:

'The haredim tricked me - it's time for sanctions'

MK Moshe (Kinley) Tur-Paz says he made great efforts for discourse on Draft Law, claims haredim 'tricked' him. 'It's time for sanctions - they will all enlist.'

Belgian haredi MP appointed to new position

Michael Freilich, haredi member of the Belgian parliament and a member of the Antwerp City Council, appointed as diplomatic envoy of European Jewish Association (EJA) for issues of antisemitism and Holocaust remembrance.

Haredi MK hints: We won't leave the coalition

Following reports that haredi parties will offer ultimatum to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, haredi party leader MK Moshe Gafni clarifies: 'Goal of our opponents is to harm Torah learners, push us to leave coalition.'

AG demands Draft Law include cap on number of yeshiva students

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is demanding that any Draft Law include a limit on the number of yeshiva students exempted from army service, report says. 'She knows we won't agree, she's trying to bring down the government.'

Nir Barkat:

Incentives for haredim who enlist, sanctions on those who refuse

Likud minister says October 7 proved there is no avoiding the conscription of haredi men to the IDF, but it must be done with sensitivity and avoid causing fear of 'secularization.'

Haredi minister slams:

Judiciary holds a double standard

'Terrorists receive stipends until a special law is passed, but a yeshiva student loses stipends in a single day,' Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush tells Knesset plenum.

Rabbi Yosef to Gerrer Rebbe:

'I worry about the fate of Sephardic youth'

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef expresses to the Gerrer Rebbe concern for Sephardic-haredi youth in Israel's periphery, who he says are likely to be drafted into the IDF first.

'They'll fight the wars of G-d'

Attorney warns against drafting haredim

Attorney Yair Nehorai, who waged legal battle against the pre-military academy in Eli, warns against drafting haredim: 'The face of the IDF will change because more and more units will fight the wars of G-d.'

Defense Minister Katz approves 7,000 draft orders for haredim

Defense Minister Israel Katz approves 7,000 draft orders decided upon by predecessor Yoav Gallant; the orders will be sent out at a pace decided by the IDF.

Mother of reservist:

'No longer possible to accept Haredi draft exemptions'

Hundreds of national religious women, participate in a rally calling for the enlistment of haredi men, saying that the Torah does not prohibit IDF service.

Will the IDF close its haredi administrative division?

IDF examining option of dismantling haredi military 'administration,' due to sharp criticism of its functioning and performance in recent years, report says.

Haredi rabbi: The IDF is not yet prepared to absorb haredim

Rabbi David Leybel speaks about the issue of drafting haredi yeshiva students, saying, 'Anyone who is not studying Torah needs to enlist, but the military system is not yet prepared to absorb haredim.'

Two Religious Zionism MKs announce:

We'll vote against daycare subsidy bill

Religious Zionism MKs Ohad Tal and Moshe Solomon announce intention to vote against daycare subsidy bill, depriving the coalition of the majority necessary to pass it.

Son of hasidic rebbe to enlist in haredi brigade

Haredi musician Mendel Rata shared why he decided to enlist in the Haredi brigade in the IDF. 'If I care about the truth, I must get up and take action.'

All Jews are brothers - in arms

TheTorah commandments to go forth to war when Jewish life in Israel is threatened and the injunction not to stand idly by when your Jewish brother is being killed, these Torah obligations apply to all Jews the world over.

MK Galit Distel Atbaryan:

'The IDF doesn't know how to handle haredim - that's the truth'

Likud MK Galit Distel Atbaryan explains why she understands the haredi community's opposition to the Draft Law, hopes Supreme Court won't torpedo anti-terrorist law.

Likud MK:

'Ending daycare subsidies for haredi women is an injustice'

MK Moshe Saada slams decision to end daycare subsidies for yeshiva students' children, insists 'you don't fix one injustice with another injustice.'

Leading rabbi:

Cancel all non-Torah learning activities for yeshiva students

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef instructs all non-Torah study activity canceled due to war, calls on yeshiva students to pray for protection for Israel's security forces and healing for the injured.

Haredi leader:

'Cancel all planned trips'

Due to security situation, Rabbi Hirsch, leader of Haredi yeshiva world, instructs yeshiva students to cancel trips during their study break and learn Torah.

Moving:

The haredi rabbi who has slept on the floor & board since Oct. 7

Families of hostages tour Bnei Brak, learn that Rabbi Yitzhak Koledetski has slept on the floor or on a board since the October 7 massacre. 'How can he sleep comfortably?'

Don't panic:

Viznitzer Rebbe sends a message to his followers

'I don't like it when people get into a panic, in anything, and also on this issue,' Viznitzer Rebbe says to his followers. 'If you have to undergo a medical procedure, trust Hashem.'

Beit Shemesh:

Officers who attacked haredim removed from operational activity

Haredi protesters in Beit Shemesh suffer severe and irregular police violence. Department of Internal Police Investigation initiates immediate investigation.

Officers who came to arrest infiltrators pelted with rocks

Officers who arrived in one of Jerusalem's haredi neighborhoods were attacked by residents who threw rocks and bottles at them.

Haredi MKs meet leading rabbi to discuss Draft Law

Degel Hatorah MKs meet Rabbi Dov Lando, discussing the Temple Mount, Draft Law, and potential expansion of the coalition.

Belz hasidim fundraising to equip community security group

Members of the Belz 'Shomrim' organization in Kiryat Belz, Jerusalem, undertake mass fundraising campaign to help pay for security volunteers' equipment, training.

Government authority:

Canceling daycare subsidies will harm haredi working women

Letter to government ministers warns of unsafe daycare centers, less haredi women in the workforce, if daycare subsidies are cut without appropriate warning.

Shoftim:

Modern day "Levites" need to do more for society

The feeling of entitlement, of taking without giving, is contrary to the most fundamental teachings of the Torah.

Haredi parties threaten not to support budget

The Knesset's haredi parties will not support the budget brought for a vote on Monday until the matter of haredi schools' funding is solved, the parties announce.

UTJ to boycott budget votes until school budgets resolved

United Torah Judaism party promises to boycott voting on budget unless haredi schools receive funding, promised reform.

Watch:

Shulem sings 'October Rain'

Haredi singer Shulem performed Eden Golan's October Rain, the title and lyrics of which were barred from the Eurovision for being 'too political.'

Haredi police officer:

'You can enlist in the police and remain haredi'

Yedidya Trachtenberg, a haredi who serves in the police, called on other haredim to enlist. 'The police are making a significant effort regarding the integration of haredim into the force.'

Labor Minister:

'Delay cancellation of daycare subsidies for at least a year'

Labor Minister Yoav Ben Tzur sends letter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, says three months 'absolutely unrealistic,' demands cancellation of daycare subsidies be delayed by at least a year.

Jerusalem:

40% of educational institutions lack appropriate bomb shelters

In Jerusalem, 134 educational institutions, mostly belonging to the haredi sector, lack appropriate or any bomb shelters.

Violence breaks out at anti-draft protest in Jerusalem

Passersby assaulted haredim protesting against the IDF's decision to draft them into military service.

Survey of Israelis:

Jewish identity strong, but growing secular-haredi divide

Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) releases latest Israeli Society Index showing the strengthening of attachment to Jewish values and traditions among secular Israelis, even as they express growing discontent with the haredi community and religious subgroups.

Home Front Command worries: Haredi hikers may be at risk

IDF's Home Front Command concerned haredi hikers may be at risk of their lives when hiking in open areas, due to lack of app alerts.

Haredi day care issue is one more judicial overreach

There have been a lot of clashes recently between the attorney general and the government. Unlike in the United States, Canada, Britain and Germany, Israel’s attorney general sees himself authorized to impose his opinion on the government. Opinion.

Hundreds of protesters break into Tel Hashomer Induction Center

Hundreds of haredi extremists protest on Tuesday morning outside Tel Hashomer Induction Center against the drafting of haredim who received conscription orders.

IDF disappointed:

Very few haredim showed up for draft

Out of 500 haredim who were called to the IDF recruiting office, only thirty showed up. Others came, but saw the stormy protest outside and turned back.

Haredi Rabbis against Draft Law:

'Impossible to keep Torah laws during IDF service'

Leading Haredi Rabbis publish a letter today opposing enlistment in haredi IDF units, since 'it is impossible to remain Torah-observant and perform mitzvot properly during military service.'

'Show up at Draft Office'

Haredi minister opposes Shas rabbis' position

Haredi youth who receive a draft order must appear at the Draft Office, Welfare Minister Yakov Margi says. 'The law of the land is the law - first of all show up, tell them what is bothering you.'

Hassidic leader:

'Soldiers are sacrificing their lives and we go on vacation?'

The Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic court decided not to travel to his vacation home as he usually does due to the war in Gaza.

Likud MK:

IDF did not keep its promise to haredim

'Secular public must understand that may haredim who enlisted in the IDF did not return to their community, because the IDF did not keep its promise,' MK Galit Distel Atbaryan says.

Haredi MK:

We won't bring down the government, and we won't sit with Left

Haredi MK Yitzhak Pindrus says Israeli Left 'bothered by anything connected to tradition,' calls them 'irrelevant.'

Haredim report receiving draft orders by text message

Haredim, aged 25, including yeshiva students, received text messages calling them to report to the Recruiting Office for their first draft order.

Minister of Defense:

1,000 draft orders will be sent to haredim on Sunday

Minister of Defense approves IDF's recommendation to issue initial orders to haredim starting Sunday morning.

Haredi minister:

'I am telling the court: We will not leave the government'

Welfare Minister Yakov Margi, who served in the IDF, promises that his party will not leave the government over the Draft Law crisis. 'Defense Ministry prefers to play politics instead of drafting haredim.'

Thousands of haredim to begin receiving draft notices next week

3,000 haredim expected to receive their first draft orders starting on Sunday after Supreme Court rules against mass exemptions for haredi yeshiva students.

The Supreme Court of Israel confronts the Haredim

Irresistible force hits an immovable object as service in the IDF becomes a flashpoint in the confrontation between secular liberal society in Israel and the refusal of the traditionalist Haredim to comply.

23 years later:

Family of late rabbi returns 2 shekel to taxi driver

After hours of searching, the family of the late Rabbi Yaakov Edelstein succeeded in locating a taxi driver who the rabbi owed two shekel to, returning the money.

Haredim to Netanyahu:

We support adding Sa'ar to the coalition

The haredi parties believe that approving the Haredi Draft Law in the current composition of the government may be complex and back the idea of adding Sa'ar and his party, New Hope - The National Right.

Haredi rabbi's harsh statement:

'Destruction' for yeshiva students to serve in IDF

Senior haredi rabbis speak out against Draft Law, insist it is 'destruction' and that yeshiva students not respond to draft orders. 'This is a battle of self-sacrifice.'