haredim

Monsey Jews protest 'anti-Semitic abuse' of 3-year-old boy

Jewish residents of Monsey, New York say 3-year-old boy was violently thrown into squad car after he was locked out of his home.

The surprising results of Israel's matriculation exams

Haredi students' standardized test scores prove doubly surprising.

Jerusalem parents: Say no to haredi-ization of Jerusalem school

Over 200 religious parents in northern Jerusalem demand Education Minister not give their school's building to a haredi institution.

10 haredi students nearly drown in Jordan River

Police rescue 10 members of haredi family from rough waters in Jordan River.

$4000 per marriage?

Hasidic group pays considerable amounts of money to matchmakers who marry off older singles.

'One-fifth of religious students will become unobservant'

Educational conference discusses ways of revamping religious education in light of increasing trend of children leaving religious lifestyle.

Chief rabbi: No one has the right to yell at soldiers

Chief Rabbi David Lau says attacks on IDF soldiers 'not Torah way,' redemption will come when we love each other, speak instead of yell.

Culture Minister: No to discrimination against haredim

Jerusalem theater refuses to offer separate seating, claiming it 'excludes' people; Culture Minister Regev says policy itself is exclusive.

Radicals trap Beit Shemesh family over kids' 'immodest' clothes

'We woke up to an absolute nightmare.' Family finds themselves trapped inside apartment after vandals destroy front door lock.

Yeshiva students to be recognized as 'working' husbands

Government backs bill guaranteeing wives of yeshiva students sick days off for children.

Watch: Haredi paratroopers take the plunge

20 soldiers who performed their first parachute jump yesterday are part of the second draft cycle of the new haredi paratrooper unit.

Rabbi Grossman: 'A fire is burning'

Israel Prize winning haredi leader slams organization which helps haredim who leave the haredi community for religious reasons.

Friedman: We will continue to aid the haredi community

US Ambassador to Israel participates in 'Hamodia' newspaper conference, addresses embassy's relationship with haredi community.

Liberman: Attacks on haredi officer 'unbearable'

Defense Minister meets officer threatened by haredi radicals, says Israel must put those responsible for harassment campaign in jail.

Lakewood rabbis: There's no such thing as justified theft

Haredi rabbis say taking Medicaid without meeting criteria is same as stealing from neighbors, pledge to implement prevention education.

Haredi teacher, principal, abuse 12-year-old girl

Special ed student suffers trauma after principal warns not to leave classroom for five hours. Haredi Board: No proof this ever happened.

Holistic 'doctor' indicted for raping female haredi patients

Suspect raped, sexually abused haredi women suffering from depression, claimed rabbis had endorsed his treatment.

Extremists throw eggs at police officers

Five haredim caught harassing police officers disguised as soldiers in Mea Shearim. Officers who came to arrest them attacked.

Haredi man arrested for abusing teenage boys

53-year-old Bnei Brak resident gets arrested on suspicion of abusing 14-15 year old haredi boys.

Soldiers attacked after getting off bus

Bus forced to stop on the road in Mea Shearim due to technical malfunction. Three soldiers on the bus attacked after stepping off it.

Anti-IDF mob throws stones at police, calls soldiers Nazis

Haredi extremists accost soldiers praying in a Meah Shearim synagogue, attack police who came to rescue the soldiers.

Haredim score victory: Rail work cancelled for coming Shabbat

PM, Infrastructure Minister meet with haredi MKs, agree to preserve status quo on Shabbat.

El Al fined for asking Holocaust survivor change seat

83-year old Holocaust survivor asked to change seats because haredi man refused to sit next to a woman.

Likud minister: We'll see more haredi policemen soon

Public Security Minister Erdan says haredi National Service volunteers save lives.

'Every soldier should walk proudly through Mea Shearim'

Protest march in Mea Shearim planned against attacks on haredi IDF soldiers.

The Prime Minister's female haredi pilot

Nechama Spiegel-Novack, married mother of four, becomes first haredi woman to fly Prime Minister abroad.

'A Toldot Aharon hasid saved my son'

Father of IDF soldier attacked by haredim credits Toldot Aharon hasid for helping his son escape.

30 haredi paratroopers sworn into IDF at Western Wall

Program bringing haredi men into IDF's Paratrooper Brigade marks milestone with swearing in of 30 new haredi soldiers.

Haredi man calls for terror attack against gay parade

Bnei Brak resident calls on friends to help him with terror attack - then says he wrote post out of boredom.

How many haredim are on social media?

Phone survey finds only 2% of haredim are on Facebook.

Haredi extremists attack policeman dressed as IDF soldier

Israel Police arrest six haredim for violently attacking policeman walking through neighborhood on tour.

Saved from jail sentence by video evidence

Video proves police claim that haredi man beat policewoman was false.

Officer given only 10-day detention for abusing haredi soldier

According to the complaint, officer slammed haredi youth's head against the wall for no reason.

Israeli found unconscious in Uman

Medics treat haredi youth found unconscious in Uman, transfer him to hospital in critical condition.

Netanyahu: Hanging effigies of soldiers is abominable

Israeli PM speaks about haredi extremists burning effigy of IDF soldier, asks public to take precautions against global cyber attack.

WATCH: Lag Baomer celebrations or anti-IDF incitement?

Haredi extremists burn effigy of IDF soldier while their friends look on and cheer.

'Some aspects of haredi education are a model for other systems'

Haredi textbooks in Israel promote insularity and peaceful coexistence, study finds.

Watch: Radical anti-Zionists break into IDF base

Hundreds of haredi demonstrators protest against draft, break into army complex in Tzrifin.

Gafni: Supreme Court crossed the line

Chairman of Knesset Finance Committee: We are the only nation in the world where the people do not choose the Supreme Court judges.

Haredi child attacks 'immodest' woman

Child in Beit Shemesh throws boulder at 'immodest' 50-year-old woman's head.

CBS: Less than 50% of haredi men employed

Government funding for yeshivas rises, percentage of haredi men in workforce drops.

Extremism: False mourning notice for haredi man who enlisted

Haredi extremists declare that 'evil people' killed a yeshiva student who enlisted in the IDF - and is alive and well.

4 yeshiva students stabbed in southern Israel

Local man breaks into Netivot yeshiva, attacks students.

Reporter behind anti-haredi video dismissed

Reshet TV dismisses two workers behind video which turned out to be a fake news item targeting haredim.

Hassidic police volunteer promoted to superintendent

Hassidic volunteer with Haifa police promoted to superintendent on eve of Israeli Independence Day.

'Reporter who pulled anti-haredi stunt must be fired'

Haredi MK Uri Maklev blasts recent news video fabricating haredi attack on reporter. 'He wouldn't have dared try this in an Arab town.'

Anti-haredi fake news?

TV broadcaster's Facebook page uploads video showing reporter attacked in Bnei Brak, but was the video authentic? Seems it was staged.

How religious are Israelis?

Figures released ahead of Israel's 69th Independence Day reveal secular Jews a minority, with most identifying as religious or traditional.

'Haredim are not disciplined, they do what they want'

Northern police rabbi says haredi community can't have it both ways, haredi community forces police to desecrate Shabbat against their will.

Undercover police rescued from haredi mob

2 arrested after mob assaults border policemen wearing IDF uniforms in Beit Shemesh

Do banks discriminate against customers with 'kosher' phones?

Banks require customers to enter codes received via text message, haredi MK gets mad, calls it 'discrimination.'

Bedouin man gets 10 months for sexually assaulting haredi girl

Man convicted of sexually assaulting 15-year old girl in Beitar given 10 months in jail, his friend just 3 months community service.

Likud MK to negotiate Shabbat deal

Netanyahu appoints Likud minister to negotiate with haredi parties, find way to prevent stores opening on Shabbat from becoming a trend.

'Better for your children to die than to join the IDF'

Anti-Zionist rabbi tells parents that their sons' deaths would be preferable to their enlisting in the Israeli army.

113 haredi officers serving in the IDF

Despite recent haredi protests against the draft , 2017 saw the percentage of haredi officers in the army rise by dozens of points.

Religious soldier attacked by haredi deserters

Haredim curse, chase, and throw objects at kippah-wearing IDF soldier.

Indictment filed against haredi traffic blockers

Jerusalem District Attorney files indictment against nine haredi protesters.

Haredi boy dies after elevator accident

10-year-old haredi boy dies in hospital after suffocating in an elevator in Beit Shemesh.

'Haredim are constantly fighting each other over everything'

Rabbi Meir Mazuz says divisiveness harming haredi community, slams radical anti-draft 'Yerushalmi Faction'.

Haredi entrepreneurs wow tech world at NYC expo

Company integrates haredi techies into start-up world. 'This is the future of the haredi community,' says Kamatech founder.