haredim

Soldier dances for hasidic rebbe, moves hasidim

Rabbi Hananel Elran, who teaches at Religious Zionist yeshivas and serves in the Binyamin region, tells of the warmth of Karlin hasidim and their support for soldiers since the start of the war.

Lawsuit filed against Arab who assaulted haredi youth in Old City

Jewish teenager injured in a violent assault by an Arab assailant files an 80,000-shekel civil lawsuit, citing the pain and emotional distress he suffered.

Extremist haredim to protest in Jerusalem

Toldot Avraham Yitzhak hasidic rebbe orders anti-draft protest in Jerusalem following recent arrests of draft-dodging yeshiva students.

Protests to reignite?

Haredi yeshiva student arrested in Be'er Sheva

Daniel Pinto, a 28-year-old haredi yeshiva student from Be'er Sheva, was arrested, brought before an officer at Military Prison 10, and was sentenced to three days' detention.

Leading rabbi: Torah scholars have always been harassed

Rabbi Dov Lando, leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, urges Hebron Yeshiva students to continue studying Torah, ignore hardships.

Haredi man denounces nurses as murderers for vaccinating

The man reportedly visited a healthcare clinic and warned of divine retribution against the nurses carrying out the vaccinations before vandalizing the premises.

Final version of Draft Law to be presented soon

Knesset committee to receive final version of Draft Law, haredi party expresses concerns that harsher sanctions could interfere with yeshiva students' right to study Torah.

Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe to followers: 'Have we lost our minds?'

Karlin-Stolin Rebbe condemns Bnei Brak riots, stressing 'no justification' for violent behavior.

Footage from Bnei Brak:

Suspects attack Viznitz hassidim and are arrested

Police arrest five suspects who allegedly threw projectiles at members of the Viznitz Hassidic court.

Bnei Brak burning

Arson, attacks on drivers, and clashes with police

Dozens of youths set fires, blocked roads, and clashed with police in Bnei Brak, as Mayor Hanoch Zeibert urged parents to keep teens at home.

'Handful of fringe individuals'

Bnei Brak Mayor urges parents to keep children away from protests

Mayor Hanoch Zeibert warns recent violent demonstrations are an 'educational disaster' and calls on families to prevent youth from joining unrest.

All detainees arrested in Bnei Brak riots released

Judges release all 26 arrested in Bnei Brak riots, attorneys say arrests were 'show arrests.'

This is Naftali Bennett's plan for drafting haredim

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett responds to destructive haredi riot, suggesting complete end to funding and solution for haredi enlistment in the IDF.

Shas MK:

'A disgrace, I am ashamed of this'

MK Yinon Azoulay strongly condemns the violence in the streets of Bnei Brak: "These people are not from our camp. All the great rabbis of the generation denounce such behavior."

Arrests for show?

27 haredi protesters detained, 20 released

Lawyers representing the detainees in Bnei Brak claim that most of them were passersby who were not involved in the riots.

IDF Chief to assaulted soldiers: This is an intolerable reality

Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir spoke with the two IDF commanders attacked by haredim in Bnei Brak, pledging to investigate the incident to ensure it does not happen again.

Appalling footage

Tefillin and prayerbook burned in Bnei Brak riot

Haredi rioters in Bnei Brak torched a police motorcycle that was carrying a bag containing tefillin and a prayerbook. Rioters also flipped over a police squadcar.

Miki Zohar: We won't allow harm to Torah learners

Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar says 'surreal' Jews should be sent to prison for studying Torah, promises government will 'fight' the phenomenon.

Clashes break out between yeshiva students and police officers

Scuffle between yeshiva students and construction workers in Be'er Ya'akov escalates into violent clash with police.

"עושים היסטוריה" | צפו:

Hashmonaim Brigade’s first battalion declared operational

The “Yonatan" Battalion completed its first exercise in the Golan Heights, in open and built-up areas, and was declared operational, marking a milestone for the Hashmonaim Brigade.

Haredi battle against mixed performances escalates

Lithuanian-haredi rabbis issue ban on mixed-audience performers, even with full separation, alongside ban on men performing for women.

Will protests restart after draft-evader arrest?

Ariel Koren, student at the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Tel Aviv, arrested for draft-evasion.

Amit Segal estimates: Draft Law will not pass

Analyst Amit Segal says differences between haredi parties and Attorney General indicate that Draft Law will not pass, elections will be held early.

Smotrich:

'Destroy the Iranian regime, there is no other way'

Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich said in an interview with Arutz Sheva - Israel National News that Israel cannot tolerate the continued existence of Iran’s current regime.

IDF apologizes to haredi draft dodger: "An exceptional case"

The IDF issued an apology to a haredi draft dodger who was arrested and prevented from wearing tefillin for several hours.

After arrest of draft dodgers

Haredi protesters block Highway 4

Hundreds of disorderly demonstrators blocked Highway 4 in the area between the Alluf to Sdeh interchange and the Em HaMoshavot interchange. The police on the scene and clashed with the protesters

Haredi rabbi: Ashkenazic haredim are racists

Son-in-law of late Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef answers query on inter-ethnic marriage in haredi community.

Bereaved grandson claims grandfather was burned to death

Elhanan Shkolnik, grandson of the late Amram Chai Mizrachi, who died last Thursday in a fire in his apartment, published a forceful statement on Sunday alleging that his grandfather’s death was not accidental.

'Don't talk about haredim when you didn't serve'

“The Patriots" host Yinon Magal criticized calls for enlistment coming from the Religious Zionist public. “There are hesder students who don’t do full military service-don’t talk about the Haredim.

Two injured en route to Uman

Two haredi youths injured in road accident en route to Uman, Ukraine.

Haredi composer: 'Weddings have become discos'

'Weddings have become nightmares, people wait for the music to end so they can run home,' haredi composer Rabbi Hillel Paley says.

Yeshiva student who spied for Iran sentenced to prison

Eliezer Stern, haredi involved in espionage for Iran, sentenced to three years in prison.

Haredi woman forced to remove head covering in Czech Republic

Hasidic woman flying out of Prague is shamed at passport control, forced to remove head covering.

Late‑night Knesset drama:

Haredi parties block budget-related bill, vote postponed

Haredi parties halt the split of the Arrangements Bill and demand progress on the Draft Law. Vote postponed to Monday after no solution reached.

London:

Yeshiva head passes away at 104

Rav Elyakim Schlesinger, elderly head of haredi yeshivot and Rosh Yeshivas HaRama passes away at age 104 in London.

Riots break out near Draft Office

Violent clashes break out between protesters and police after riots begin near Tel Hashomer Draft Office.

New study reveals: ASD diagnoses vary by sector

New study shows many children with risk factors are not brought for diagnoses, especially in poorer neighborhoods.

Zurich: Haredi man punched in antisemitic attack

A haredi man was punched by a man who shouted antisemitic slogans at him, and was slightly injured. Passersby managed to stop the attacker.

First time

The document that will regulate haredi service in the IDF

The IDF published the main points of the new order for regulating the service of the Haredim - which includes three designated tracks, institutional adjustments, and close supervision of the implementation.

Gafni:

'The Draft Law is just an excuse to bring down the government'

MK Moshe Gafni claims the protests over the Draft Law are a political tool, says he will act according to the guidance of leading rabbis, and leaves the door open for a return to the coalition.

Yoaz Hendel’s comparison angers the haredi community

Yoaz Hendel, chairman of the Reservists’ Party, sparks uproar after comparing Bnei Brak to Rahat in the context of loss of governance.

AG warns:

Tens of thousands of draft dodgers, insufficient enforcement

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said some 71,000 Israelis are evading conscription-around 80% from the haredi sector-warning of selective enforcement and announcing steps to tighten sanctions.

Minister Elkin's tip to the haredi parties

Minister Ze'ev Elkin casts doubt on possibility that Draft Law will pass, urges them to support budget bill regardless: Here's why.

Kosher food and no women

The IDF's new guidelines for integrating haredim

IDF Chief of Staff approves orders intended to ensure that every haredi soldier maintains the same way of life he did at home before enlisting.

'The IDF wants haredim? It needs to be more Jewish'

Researcher Tal Kopel: "Haredi integration should come from a sense of mission, not coercion and threats. For that to happen, the army must provide equal representation of Jewish values within its ranks.

MK Solomon to Arutz Sheva:

Conditioning budget on Draft Law will harm us all

Attempts to use state budget as leverage will harm haredim as much as anyone else, MK Moshe Solomon warns.

Likud MK to Arutz Sheva:

'Postpone the Draft Law to the next government'

In an interview with Arutz Sheva, MK Moshe Saada argues that the budget crisis is not real and that the budget will pass on Wednesday. He adds that the current version of the Draft Law will not withstand Supreme Court scrutiny.

Number of draft-dodgers rises, data reveals

Number of draft-dodgers rose from 13,000 to 68,000 in just two years, IDF official says.

New study:

Gaps in haredi lifestyles between periphery and center

Haredi families in Israel’s periphery have fewer children, spend more on transport and communications, and show higher car and TV ownership.

Rabbi Lando to yeshiva students: Ignore outside 'persecution'

Speaking to yeshiva students in Bnei Brak, Rabbi Dov Lando warned of growing pressure on the haredi public and urged exclusive dedication to Torah study.

'No one will go to the army':

Recordings of haredi rabbis revealed

The haredi rabbis leading the conscription bill were heard in recordings estimating that there will be no genuine attempt to enlist the haredi community, while the suspended budgets would still be reinstated.

Driver who ran over haredi teen released to house arrest

The Magistrate's Court in Ashkelon released today to house arrest the driver suspected of fatally ramming a 16-year-old haredi youth near Kiryat Gat.

Daycare tragedy

Deceased infant's parents: 'We trust the caregiver'

Chani Katz rejects criticism of the caregivers, while her husband adds, 'What crushed me were the hateful comments.'

Haifa resident:

'Everything is different with the Kaplan protesters'

A Haifa resident talks about the police's indifference towards Kaplan protesters who blocked traffic routes, including the entrance to a hospital, compared to batons used against haredi protesters.

Haredi protester run over by car during demonstration

A Haredi youth was struck by a car during a protest against performing autopsies on the babies who died at a daycare.

Watch:

Haredi protester pushes elderly man into the street

Protesters are blocking roads, throwing stones and objects at officers, and setting trash bins on fire. Police footage shows them attacking an elderly man who tried to move an object out of the road.

Heartbreaking Farewell:

'How do you eulogize a baby?'

The mother of six-month-old Aharon said farewell in a handwritten eulogy she shared online, "How in God's name does one eulogize a baby?"

Jerusalem burns as police seek to find cause of infants' death

Haredi extremists block roads and clash with police in the capital in bid to prevent autopsies on infants who died in daycare tragedy. Police arrest daycare owner and one of the caregivers.

Gantz reveals:

'The haredim offered me the chance to lead the government'

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz says that over the past year, he was offered the chance to lead the government in exchange for supporting the Draft Law, but he rejected the proposal.

Daycare tragedy: Haredim fume at Attorney General

Haredim point fingers at judicial system, Attorney General, claiming end to daycare funding has created dangerous conditions.