Haredim

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.'

Lithuanian haredi leader:

'Do not report to the conscription offices'

In a letter which appears in the Yated Ne'eman newspaper, Rabbi Dov Lando instructs the yeshiva students not to report to the conscription offices.

1st draft orders for haredim to be sent out next month

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant decides on timetable to begin implementing Supreme Court order barring the previous practice of exempting haredi students from military service.

US haredim:

'We will appeal curriculum to New York Supreme Court'

After the District Court ruled that yeshivas can be required to include core studies, Agudath Israel of America is expected to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.

Poll: This is the step that could increase haredi enlistment

New survey reveals that appropriate frameworks could significantly increase the percentage of haredim enlisting in the IDF.

'Not pikuach nefesh'

Gafni criticizes Netanyahu over statement on Shabbat

MK Moshe Gafni, chairman of Degel Hatorah Party, condemns statement on talks for a hostage release deal which was released by Netanyahu on Friday night, after the start of Shabbat.

Ayelet Shaked:

Haredim who aren't studying Torah must enlist

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked says 'View of IDF as strong, smart army no longer works, we need many more soldiers and what we thought worked - simply does not work.'

Watch:

Haredim drafted into IAF affirm allegiance to the army

'I affirm': Soldiers from the haredi Hanegev Squadron in the IAF and Bislach 314 affirm allegiance to the IDF at the Nevatim Airbase.

Haredi soldiers ate at kosher McDonald's and caused an uproar

Haredi soldiers ate at a kosher McDonald's and posted their photo online, which sparked calls for an Arab boycott of the popular food chain.

Haredi MK to Liberman:

Did you take us out of the wheelbarrows yet?

MK Avigdor Liberman demands haredim enlist in IDF; MK Moshe Gafni hits back: 'You wanted us headed to the garbage dump, and now you want us to enlist?'

Haredi leader to donors: Some yeshivas already closed

Following Supreme Court ruling, Rabbi Dov Landa slammed justices, saying the ruling is cruel to Torah learners.

Haredim charged hundreds of shekels for phone calls on Shabbat

Haredim who were forced to make phone calls from their kosher device on Shabbat were fined hundreds of shekels on their bill. Mobile provider Rami Levy Communications commented: 'The Rabbinical Committee demanded it'.

Supreme Court: Draft haredim, end funding for yeshivas

Supreme Court rules that there is no legal framework to allow differentiation between yeshiva students and other populations.

Review:

Tuvia Tenenboim's new book on the haredi community in Israel

His roots are among them. Tuvia was born, raised, and educated as one of them for his first 17 years.

Haredi Draft Law to be promoted – Edelstein plans changes

After approving the application of the sequence to the draft bill, the committee holds its first discussion with the heads of the opposition and coalition.

Brother of fallen haredi soldier:

‘The army does not respect haredim’

The brother of fallen IDF soldier, Captain Israel Yudkin, says that the Ministry of Defense refuses the family's request to write the words ‘God shall revenge his blood’ on his tombstone.

Minister Goldknopf:

'IDF is not really interested in recruiting haredim'

Speaking at event in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Bnei Brak, UTJ chairman argues that the IDF is not really interested in haredim. Liberman fires back: The people of Israel really don't need you.

IDF Chief of Staff:

'Haredi enlistment is a distinct need'

Chief of Staff Halevi stated during a tour of Gaza with senior IDF commanders that 'there is an opportunity for change in the haredi community. We are not seeing enough people coming forward to draft, but there is a desire for change. '

Why a haredi spokesman is dividing religious Jews

The proposed hostage deal is a bad deal for Israel, but Haredi lawmakers backed it for their own political gain, denigrating Religious Zionists who opposed it as being less Torah-oriented. Do they think Haredim care about the hostages more than those who are actually going out to fight for them?

Half a million in damages

Man who broke into shop and ruined 'immodest' wigs indicted

Police submitted an indictment against a Jerusalem resident who broke into a shop and caused thousands of shekels of damage to wigs he deemed immodest.

Eida Haharedit:

'It is forbidden to enlist in civilian service'

Eida Haharedit vehemently opposes haredi enlistment to alternative services besides the IDF. 'It is forbidden for any individual to be recruited for any type of enlistment.'

Head of Hesder Yeshiva:

'A law that completely exempts Torah students – defies Torah law'

Head of the Birkat Moshe Yeshiva in Ma'ale Adumim, Rabbi Yitzchak Sheilat, expressed his unequivocal objection to the law exempting Torah students from drafting to the IDF

The Torah Dןvision

An analysis of the haredi attitude towards the army.

A-G holding talks to cancel daycare subsidies for Torah learners

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seeks to end property tax discounts, daycare subsidies, for haredi families headed by a yeshiva student.

To protest of Draft Law

Extremist haredim block roads in Jerusalem and central Israel

In protest against the draft law, dozens of extremist haredim blocked Highway 4 at the entrance to Bnei Brak; police arrest 4. Protest at Cinema City Jnct. in capital.

Ben-Gvir planning to recruit haredim into police

In light of the controversy surrounding the question of drafting haredim into the IDF, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has ordered the creation of a plan to integrate them into the Israel Police instead.

Honenu:

Only haredim charged with illegal assembly

Data revealed in a recent Knesset meeting shows that for all of 2022 and 2023, only haredim were ever charged with illegal assembly during protests.

In central Bnei Brak:

Israeli flag flown on roof of Ponevezh Yeshiva

As per the instructions of Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, legendary Ponevezh Yeshiva dean, the Israeli flag was hung early on Independence Day morning and will remain there until the afternoon.

Yeshiva students' children to lose daycare subsidies?

Finance Ministry proposes list of economic sanctions worth hundreds of millions of shekels, in effort to force haredi yeshiva students to enlist in the IDF.

Draft Law crisis:

Deri accuses: 'Gantz is blocking all options for agreements'

Shas chief Aryeh Deri talks about potential Draft Law, says negotiations have arrived at a 'junction which seemingly can't be passed,' since MK Benny Gantz and his party refuse all options for agreements.