haredim

The haredi counter-identity

There are Torah-true teachings that haredi ideology has ignored and subordinated to the preservation of haredi separateness. Opinion.

Report:

Israel recruits rabbis to counter Iran's spy recruitment campaign

Israeli authorities enlisted leading rabbis to warn against Iranian recruitment as police report more than 60 espionage indictments.

IDF Spokesman: Attacks on Chief of Staff harm the entire military

IDF Spokesman Effie Defrin defended the Chief of Staff's warning on haredi draft legislation, saying political attacks undermine the entire military.

Ramat Gan:

Mayor apologizes, sends cake to victim of anti-haredi attack

Ramat Gan's mayor apologized after a haredi man was allegedly beaten and threatened in a suspected anti-haredi attack in the city.

Eggs thrown at tax inspectors during Bnei Brak Riot

Hundreds surround tax inspectors in Bnei Brak's Kiryat Viznitz, hurling eggs and damaging their vehicle before police evacuate them from the scene.

Mass protest planned for near military prison

Thousands of Sanz hasidim expected to protest outside Military Prison 10 after military court extends detention of two community members.

Ex-IDF spokesman calls for separate IDs for draft evaders

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 freezes law barring arrest of haredi draft-evaders

Supreme Court justice temporarily freezes implementation of newly-passed law halting the arrest of haredi draft evaders, orders State to justify.

Above the law

Knesset passes law to halt arrests of haredi draft dodgers

The Knesset approved a bill preventing arrests of haredi draft dodgers, with coalition support and opposition petitions filed against the move.

'When it affects their wallet'

Rabbi Paran's solution to the draft crisis

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: Draft everyone who isn't studying in yeshiva

Shas MK Yaakov Margi opposes advancing 'Torah Study Law,' sharply rebukes anti-draft protesters chanting, 'We will die and not enlist.'

The battle over yeshiva funding

AG supports, Smotrich opposes: High Court discusses revoking tax benefits from haredi yeshivas whose students evaded conscription.

Haredi MK accuses:

Our greatest problems are from 'knitted kippahs'

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 arrested as concerns of mass protests grow

Gur hasid Moshe Reuven Verdiger arrested while awaiting official approval of military exemption request, plans for possible protests not yet known.

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Haredi draft dodger denied tefillin for 3 days in jail

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.

Goldmining in Ethiopia:

Businessman arrested in probe into alleged NIS 200 million fraud

Israel Securities Authority launches criminal probe into haredi businessman Haim Leib Kaplan over alleged NIS 200 million fundraising scheme.

Mistaken identity:

Police chase, cuff and injure haredi man

Plainclothes officers chase, cuff and injure a haredi man in Ashdod before discovering he was not the suspect they were searching for.

Antisemitic assault targeting haredi women

Five Jewish women were targeted with a water cannon filled with manure while riding bicycles in the Catskills Mountains.

At the Western Wall:

Thousands gather to pray for Vizhnitz Rebbe's recovery

Thousands gather to pray for recovery of Vizhnitz Rebbe, Rabbi Yisrael Hager, at orderly but massive Western Wall prayer rally.

First Publication:

44% of haredim prepared to study in mixed-gender classrooms

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.

Thousands of haredim lose eligibility for discounted homes

Construction and Housing Ministry sends notices to thousands of haredi yeshiva students, informing them of revocation of eligibility for housing lotteries.

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Violent clashes between haredim and soldiers at IDF prison

Soldiers guarding the Military Prison 10 complex clash with haredi rioters who infiltrated the facility.

Power struggle over historic Jerusalem hospital

Municipal politicians sparred over the municipality's decision to allocate the historic Bikur Cholim hospital building to a haredi educational institution.

Shas MK to bereaved rabbi, 'you are arrogant and insolent'

MK Yosef Taieb repeatedly interrupted Rabbi Yirmi Stavisky's testimony before a Knesset committee, accusing the bereaved educator of attacking the haredi community.

Legal adviser warns:

Torah Study Law could grant yeshiva students soldiers' privileges

Sagit Afik, legal adviser to Knesset, says Torah Study Law would grant yeshiva students privileges similar to those of soldiers - unless amendments are made.

Text of law to curb arrest of haredi draft evaders disclosed

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.

Top haredi rabbis ban route to Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes' tomb

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.

'Ayatollah state':

Battle for gender-segregated academic options escalates

Yisrael Beytenu chair MK Avigdor Liberman slams proposed legislation to allow gender-segregated classes for advanced degrees.

Prominent haredi rabbi condemns violent protests as 'false zeal'

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.

Likud Knesset Member:

Attorney General is a 'cursed woman'

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.

The new demand infuriating haredi yeshivas

Tax Authority demanding yeshivas submit statements and documents on students' enlistment status as condition for donors to receive tax credits.

Jerusalem:

Haredi protest targets Jerusalem café over Sabbath operations

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.

3 coalition MKs oppose

Basic Law: Torah Study passes in first reading

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.

Outside AG's office

Hundreds of hassidim set up protest study hall

Viznitz hassidim gathered outside the Attorney General's office to protest the arrests of haredi draft dodgers.

Baharav-Miara's next steps against haredi draft-evaders

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demands Supreme Court ban afternoon program subsidies for haredi children whose fathers did not enlist in the IDF.

Goldknopf slams Cabinet Secretary over haredi draft remarks

Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs defended a proposed draft order but drew sharp criticism from UTJ after accusing haredi parties of ignoring absentee yeshiva students.

Haredi anti-draft protest

'The Chief of Staff is cursed, soldiers are dying'

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."

Miki Zohar lashes out at Israeli media

Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar lams media outlets, urges agreement with haredim to resolve Draft Law crisis.

Massive anti-enlistment protest planned for Bnei Brak

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.

Goldknopf's statements that infuriated Knesset members

UTJ chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf sparked outrage by claiming the 'draft dodgers' are in Tel Aviv while defending Torah study in Israel.

Violent clashes at entrance to Bnei Brak

Women from 'Mothers on the Frontline' block entrance to Bnei Brak, causing massive congestion throughout the region.

Leading haredi rabbi speaks out against demonstrations

Rabbi Dov Lando, leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, warns against participating in demonstrations, days after colleague Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch gives them a green light.

My one - and only - difference with haredim

Dearest Haredim; let me say this as clearly and as directly as I can. You are not being fair.

Court releases man filmed pointing gun at haredi protesters

A Jerusalem court released to house arrest a man accused of pointing a pistol at haredi protesters, sparking political backlash.

Draft Law Crisis: Rabbi Yosef to lead massive rally in Bnei Brak

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.

Two arrested after allegedly threatening haredi demonstrators

Police arrest two suspects believed to have drawn weapons to threaten haredi demonstrators - in two separate incidents.

Haredi rabbi's inciting claim: 'They are children of Amalek'

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.

Haredi rabbi: Blocking roads is theft

Rabbi Moshe Maya, senior Shas rabbi, says blocking roads is 'worst kind of theft,' but haredim must protest arrest of draft-evaders.

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Violent clash erupts at conclusion of haredi protest convoy

Driver attacks vehicle belonging to haredi protesters on Highway 1, intentionally smashing the side mirror and attempting to assault the passengers. A brawl ensues.

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Violent clashes between haredim and secular activists in Arad

Clashes broke out when secular activists prevented the departure of the haredi protest convoy towards from.

Traffic and confrontations amid Haredi protest convoy

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.

Massive convoy to protest arrests of yeshiva students

Jerusalem Faction, major hasidic groups, organize protest convoy expected to disrupt traffic around Israel.

Protest convoys reveal schism in haredi community

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 weighs dismissing officers over protest violence

Ben-Gvir called for a thorough investigation after footage appeared to show police violence against haredi protesters near Bnei Brak.

Haredi deserter sparks waves of protest at release party

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.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef:

Trump spurned us due to arrest of yeshiva students

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef blames US-Iran memorandum of understanding on arrests of haredi yeshiva students.

Haredi protest returns to Beit Lid

Thousands of students and alumni from Be'er Hatalmud Yeshiva expected to arrive at detention facility to protest arrest of Sephardic yeshiva student.

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Haredi rioter assaults female detective and attempts to flee

Haredi protester filmed grabbing a plainclothes policewoman and throwing her to the ground, injuring her.

Police brutality

Jerusalem Faction submits complaint

Following violent clashes during a Route 4 anti-conscription protest, a haredi legal fund filed complaints against police and vowed to continue demonstrations.

Police officer filmed kicking haredi protester suspended

Following disturbing footage from the Jerusalem Faction protest, the Tel Aviv District commander decided to immediately suspend the officer who was filmed kicking a protester.