Senior rabbis from the Torat Ha’aretz HaTova organization have issued a public statement expressing support for IDF soldiers and the religious-Zionist community following controversial remarks by prominent Haredi leader Rabbi Dov Lando.
Rabbi Dov Lando says his private remarks were distorted and urges yeshiva students to avoid ideological arguments with those who oppose Torah values.
'Had everyone acted with a unified approach, the outcome could have been different,' says Moti Babchik, senior Agudat Yisrael official and former chief of staff at Israel’s Housing Ministry, on the lack of coordination between the haredi parties.
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.
There are Torah-true teachings that haredi ideology has ignored and subordinated to the preservation of haredi separateness. Opinion.
Israeli authorities enlisted leading rabbis to warn against Iranian recruitment as police report more than 60 espionage indictments.
IDF Spokesman Effie Defrin defended the Chief of Staff's warning on haredi draft legislation, saying political attacks undermine the entire military.
Ramat Gan's mayor apologized after a haredi man was allegedly beaten and threatened in a suspected anti-haredi attack in the city.
Hundreds surround tax inspectors in Bnei Brak's Kiryat Viznitz, hurling eggs and damaging their vehicle before police evacuate them from the scene.
Thousands of Sanz hasidim expected to protest outside Military Prison 10 after military court extends detention of two community members.
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.
Supreme Court justice temporarily freezes implementation of newly-passed law halting the arrest of haredi draft evaders, orders State to justify.
The Knesset approved a bill preventing arrests of haredi draft dodgers, with coalition support and opposition petitions filed against the move.
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.
Shas MK Yaakov Margi opposes advancing 'Torah Study Law,' sharply rebukes anti-draft protesters chanting, 'We will die and not enlist.'
AG supports, Smotrich opposes: High Court discusses revoking tax benefits from haredi yeshivas whose students evaded conscription.
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.
Gur hasid Moshe Reuven Verdiger arrested while awaiting official approval of military exemption request, plans for possible protests not yet known.
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.
Israel Securities Authority launches criminal probe into haredi businessman Haim Leib Kaplan over alleged NIS 200 million fundraising scheme.
Plainclothes officers chase, cuff and injure a haredi man in Ashdod before discovering he was not the suspect they were searching for.
Five Jewish women were targeted with a water cannon filled with manure while riding bicycles in the Catskills Mountains.
Thousands gather to pray for recovery of Vizhnitz Rebbe, Rabbi Yisrael Hager, at orderly but massive Western Wall prayer rally.
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.
Construction and Housing Ministry sends notices to thousands of haredi yeshiva students, informing them of revocation of eligibility for housing lotteries.
Soldiers guarding the Military Prison 10 complex clash with haredi rioters who infiltrated the facility.
Municipal politicians sparred over the municipality's decision to allocate the historic Bikur Cholim hospital building to a haredi educational institution.
MK Yosef Taieb repeatedly interrupted Rabbi Yirmi Stavisky's testimony before a Knesset committee, accusing the bereaved educator of attacking the haredi community.
Sagit Afik, legal adviser to Knesset, says Torah Study Law would grant yeshiva students privileges similar to those of soldiers - unless amendments are made.
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.
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.
Yisrael Beytenu chair MK Avigdor Liberman slams proposed legislation to allow gender-segregated classes for advanced degrees.
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.
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.
Tax Authority demanding yeshivas submit statements and documents on students' enlistment status as condition for donors to receive tax credits.
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.
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.
Viznitz hassidim gathered outside the Attorney General's office to protest the arrests of haredi draft dodgers.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demands Supreme Court ban afternoon program subsidies for haredi children whose fathers did not enlist in the IDF.
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs defended a proposed draft order but drew sharp criticism from UTJ after accusing haredi parties of ignoring absentee yeshiva students.
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."
Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar lams media outlets, urges agreement with haredim to resolve Draft Law crisis.
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.
UTJ chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf sparked outrage by claiming the 'draft dodgers' are in Tel Aviv while defending Torah study in Israel.
Women from 'Mothers on the Frontline' block entrance to Bnei Brak, causing massive congestion throughout the region.
Rabbi Dov Lando, leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, warns against participating in demonstrations, days after colleague Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch gives them a green light.
Dearest Haredim; let me say this as clearly and as directly as I can. You are not being fair.
A Jerusalem court released to house arrest a man accused of pointing a pistol at haredi protesters, sparking political backlash.
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.
Police arrest two suspects believed to have drawn weapons to threaten haredi demonstrators - in two separate incidents.
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.
Rabbi Moshe Maya, senior Shas rabbi, says blocking roads is 'worst kind of theft,' but haredim must protest arrest of draft-evaders.
Driver attacks vehicle belonging to haredi protesters on Highway 1, intentionally smashing the side mirror and attempting to assault the passengers. A brawl ensues.
Clashes broke out when secular activists prevented the departure of the haredi protest convoy towards from.
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.
Jerusalem Faction, major hasidic groups, organize protest convoy expected to disrupt traffic around Israel.
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.
Ben-Gvir called for a thorough investigation after footage appeared to show police violence against haredi protesters near Bnei Brak.
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.
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef blames US-Iran memorandum of understanding on arrests of haredi yeshiva students.
