haredim

Gafni: There is an 'unprecedented' emergency

UTJ chairman in recorded phone call to haredi households: We are facing an unparalleled fateful decision.

Netanyahu apologizes to haredi parties

Prime Minister hastens to walk back his affront to the haredi parties over the last few days.

An American ‘Shtisel’ remake is in the works

CBS Studios to produce new TV show recasting Israel's 'Shtisel' as 'Romeo and Juliet' story between secular woman and haredi man.

Central haredi cities now have low infection rates

Three haredi cities receive 'green' Traffic Light Plan classification as data shows vast majority of haredi adults immune to coronavirus.

'Amend Racism Law - or we won't join government'

MK Asher promises to condition joining coalition on amending Racism Law to include haredim.

Shas sages fight back against media incitement

A fiery letter from the community leaders of the Haredi voter base takes issue with the public's opinion and the Supreme Court's rulings.

'Reasons to be optimistic' about infection rate in haredi sector

'Yeshiva plan very effective, students are getting vaccinated at a fast pace,' coronavirus czar for haredim says.

'Haredim are the subjects of a witch hunt'

'There are entire sectors who live on hatred of haredim,' Haaretz's Gideon Levy says.

Rabbi Yehezkel Roth, the Karlsburger Rebbe, dead at 86

Hundreds of men pack into Brooklyn study hall and street for Hasidic rabbi’s funeral.

Nearly 90% of Israeli adults vaccinated against coronavirus

Weizmann Institute professor says 87% of Israeli adults received coronavirus vaccine, adds rates of vaccination, recovery.

'Only 6% of those seriously ill with coronavirus are haredi'

Percentage of haredim diagnosed with coronavirus falls as percentage of Arabs diagnosed begins to rise, Prof. Eran Segal says.

Anti-Haredi Discrimination?

'I'm haredi, so police told me to turn around and go back home'

Haredi man driving to work with papers proving he is an essential worker says he was refused passage at police checkpoint.

Haredi media again praise Smotrich

Haredi media: 'Smotrich proves that when it comes to accessibility and efficiency for the ordinary citizen - he has no substitute.'

'We want to reach 100% vaccination'

'Green Badge allows protected gatherings, Purim is the test,' coronavirus czar for haredim says.

MK Gafni: We will go with Netanyahu

Finance Committee chairman criticizes media for only covering haredi demonstrations, explains why his party supports Netanyahu.

'Haredi voters aren't going to vote for Religious Zionism'

'I said there won't be many haredim voting for Likud, and there won't be many voting for MK Smotrich,' says UTJ's Meir Porush.

1 in 73 haredi Israelis over age 65 has died of coronavirus

Israeli report finds significantly more haredi elderly died of COVID-19 than their counterparts in other sectors.

How do haredim repair their relations with fellow Israelis?

Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer on the coronavirus and rethinking the relationship between haredim and Israeli society.

Filmmaker attacked in haredi neighborhood

A film crew shooting in a haredi neighborhood found themselves targets of public anger and verbal abuse.

1% of haredi people over age 60 died of COVID

Prof. Eran Segal of the Weizmann Institute publishes data showing higher death rate among haredi, Arab sectors than among general population

Thousands gather for Rabbi Wosner's funeral

Thousands accompany the sage to his final rest.

UTJ submits list for 24th Knesset

The Haredi party sees a mixture of old and new names in the race to the Knesset.

'We can only succeed together'

Health Ministry campaign targets haredi community, urging precautions alongside protective vaccination.

UK haredi Jews have one of highest COVID rates in the world

64% of London haredim had COVID, nine times more than the UK average of 7%. "Among the highest rate reported anywhere in the world"

Thousands gather at second mass funeral in Jerusalem

Ignoring lockdown, thousands of mourners gather in Jerusalem to pay their respects to Rabbi Yitzchak Shiner, in 2nd mass funeral of the day.

Police under fire for mass haredi gathering at rabbi's funeral

Police official pushes back on criticism: 'Use your head. No one wants to see violent clashes.' Gantz blasts 'unequal' lockdown enforcement.

Report: Haredim regularly holding illegal weddings in London

Haredi Jews in London hold illegal weddings regularly, Jewish newspaper reveals.

The haredi COVID tragedy has created a crisis for Judaism itself

They fear that if they shut their schools, they will lose an entire generation that learning Torah is more precious than life. Op-ed..

Haaretz journalist: 'Haredi birthrate huge danger to State'

Eugenics today? Haaretz journalist Naama Riva on families with many children: 'When will they start eradicating this crazy birth rate?'

Police commissioner called 'Hitler' in abusive graffiti

Unknown vandals malign new police commissioner amidst clashes between police and haredi rioters over lockdown enforcement.

25% of haredim won't back haredi parties in upcoming election

Half of haredi voters say they plan to vote for UTJ, with one quarter voting for Shas. Another 25% say they're still undecided.

'Instead of crushing haredi intifada, PM is extending lockdown'

Avidgor Liberman slams Netanyahu's plans to extend lockdown, calls violence against police a 'haredi intifada'.

UTJ MK Moshe Gafni in Knesset: 'I accuse'

In Knesset speech, MK Moshe Gafni refers to riots in haredi communities claiming rioters are not haredim.

We reap what we sow

The scenes of violence in our streets will be shown around the world. Are we exalting the Name of God?

Survey: Haredi population has lost faith in police

A new survey shows that overwhelming percentages of the Haredi community view police as a threat.

Watch: Haredim clash with police over school closures

With infection rate skyrocketing in haredi sector & some rabbis flouting gov't directives, police clashed with protesters in Bnei Brak.

Gantz calls for legal action against haredi leaders

Defense Minister Gantz says he is investigating the possibility of legal action against those ordering the flouting of public health rules

Clashes in J'lem, Ashdod during lockdown enforcement

Clashes erupt as police attempt to enforce lockdown restrictions in Meah Shearim, J'lem and Grodno Yeshiva in Ashdod.

Significant decrease in verified COVID cases among haredim

A significant decrease of 25 percent in verified cases of the virus in the haredi sector was recorded over Shabbat.

'Haredim are more dangerous than Hezbollah's missiles'

In Haaretz column, journalist Uri Misgav promises 'top star' status to anyone who starts a 'secular intifada.'

New ad for Haredi sector 'names' coronavirus victims

Health Ministry spearheads new campaign to raise awareness of coronavirus risks among haredi sector.

Har Nof rabbi: "People flouting guidelines shed blood"

Rabbi David Yosef, leader of the Har Nof community, says that Haredi residents need to be afraid of COVID-19 more than the police

Haredi sector afflicted by 'catastrophic' coronavirus outbreaks

Haredi journalists told that eleven percent of cases came from their demographic.

ZAKA founder calls some rabbis 'worse than Holocaust deniers'

The founder of ZAKA has had enough of people denying the deadly nature of COVID-19

Poll: Most haredim support closing schools

New poll by Kol Hai Radio shows over 60% support closing schools, over half of haredim disappointed with parties' conduct during pandemic, .

MK Kahana: Haredi parties will cause Reform conversions

"Once there is a ruling on a case, there will be no turning back."

Bennett:

Lapid and Liberman, stop inciting; the haredim are our brothers

Yamina Chairman MK Naftali Bennett rejects Liberman's 'almost anti-Semitic' video against haredi public: 'It's an attempt to garner votes.'

Vaccination campaign targets elderly haredim

High demand for the COVID vaccine in the haredi sector, but some among the elderly population have difficulty getting to vaccination centers

Peter Santenello:

Why Israeli sharpshooters are training Jews in US countryside

Anti-Semitic crime is on the rise in America and Hasidic and Orthodox Jews are preparing for the worst.

Leading haredi rabbi blasts violators of coronavirus guidelines

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein: Follow the guidelines of the doctors, be careful not to harm others.

'You spread disease': Haredi passengers harassed on NJ flight

Couple forced off of United Airlines flight after they repeatedly harassed haredi passengers in the terminal and onboard the plane.

Arson - or short circuit? Southern Israeli town torn over a tree

'Christmas tree' - actually erected to mark Russian New Year - found burnt in southern Israeli town. But was it arson, or faulty wiring?

Are COVID guidelines irreconcilable with haredi life?

New survey shows that 77% of haredim support government restrictions, but 60% breach them.

1 in every 132 haredim in Israel over 65 has died from COVID

Death toll among elderly haredim 3.6 times higher than among general elderly population in Israel.

Leading rabbi at Jerusalem yeshiva hospitalized with COVID-19

Rabbi Sholom Povarsky from Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after contracting coronavirus.

Knesset bill to designate public sector jobs for haredim

Haredim are chronically underrepresented in public sector jobs; in many state institutions, there are no haredi employees at all.

'The police sent Yosef to death's doorstep'

Family of elderly haredi man excoriate police for mistakenly arresting him - then abandoning on the street.

Alarming rise in morbidity in haredi sector

Health Ministry Director of Public Health warns of threefold increase in rate of positive coronavirus tests in haredi community.

Liberman: Public must know 'which side Bennett & Sa'ar are on'

'Israeli citizens want to know whether Yamina is Netanyahu's defense shield & if Sa'ar will make true on his promise to the haredim.

Health officials meet haredi rabbinical judges to push vaccine

"We're not opposed to COVID vaccine in principle," says Court head, "but it's premature to sanction it."