haredim

Revealed:

Bennett, Lapid, Liberman offered NIS 1 billion to haredim

Previous government negotiated with UTJ MKs in attempt to secure their support for the State budget.

Haredi reporter announces engagement to MK's adviser

Kan 11 reporter Akiva Weisz and Minister Ofir Sofer's adviser Elky Bergstein, announce engagement.

Poll:

Passing judicial reforms most important issue for haredim

Half of haredim say anti-judicial reform protests have set back integration of the haredim into Israeli society.

IDF reveals:

Over 1,000 haredim enlist annually - not all of them religious

IDF does not investigate whether 'yeshiva students' actually study in yeshiva, top official says.

Government approves 'kosher electricity' plan

Proposal would provide electricity stored during the week to certain haredi communities on Shabbat.

Haredim boycott major bakery after chairman protests rabbi

Former Minister Omer Bar-Lev, demonstrated outside Rabbi Gershon Edelstein's home, causing haredim to boycott Angel bakery which he heads.

Interview:

Haredi communities learn to cope with sex crimes

Dorit Balshan discusses advances in haredi communities and particularly brave rabbis standing up to fight against sex offenders.

Haredi minister: 'Add the haredim to the protesters' numbers'

Min. Meir Porush emphasizes haredi public's support for judicial reform, says he does not agree with Yated Ne'eman editorial.

Haredi journalist: Newspaper doesn't get to decide who is haredi

'Yated Ne'eman doesn't decide who is haredi, the Torah sages haven't intervened, that's not a coincidence,' journalist Arye Erlich says.

Israel's haredi population:

509% increase since records began in 1979

General population increased by 135% during those 44 years.

IDF to continue sending enlistment letters to haredim

Military presents new service model under which solders who serve for longer will receive higher salaries.

Op-Ed:

The Three Pronged War taking place in Israel

An Erev Rav Analysis and the Pesach opportunity. The mixed multitude that left Egypt with us are alive and well, plaguing every generation.

Who stands to lose if the Israel High Court is not reformed?

The PA, contractors and hi tech firms benefit from the courts as they are. It's not just "settlers" and haredim who need the reforms.Op-ed.

Judicial reform:

Poll reveals 88 percent of haredim support government

Most haredim see dispute as outgrowth of "Anyone but Bibi" movement.

US media figure says antisemitic abuse rampant at JFK Airport

Conservative political and communications consultant Liz Mair,says she is singled out for antisemitic discrimination along with haredim.

Nobel Prize winner 'scared to death of haredim'

Chemistry professor says haredim "milk the State of Israel".

Are US Jews anti-democratic? Where is Sephardic representation?

Diversity is all the rage, yet American Jews don’t have Sephardic Jews in their liberal organizational leadership. Op-ed..

The enemy looks for synagogues

Dramatic rise in weapons permit requests from haredim

Following the attack in Jerusalem, a security expert gives tips for securing synagogues.

"I wore a dress because I wasn't forced to": Keren Peles

Keren Peles: "It was a moment of hope, there were very religious men and women there and they chose to listen to my songs."

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Mounted riot police trample haredi rioters in Jerusalem

A protest outside a cell phone shop in Jerusalem turned violent when protesters began spraying pepper and throwing eggs at police.

A recipe for disaster in the Israeli religious community

The concept of a program allowing seminary girls to sidestep Israel's academic requirements and work in mental health is appalling. Op-ed.

JNF holds 1st of its kind seminar for US haredi educators

KKL-JNF hosts over 50 educators for education seminars focusing on exploring Israel, Judaism and Zionism and environmental issues.

Why Israel’s new leaders immediately nixed tax on plastic plates

How Liberman's taxes on sugary soft drinks and disposable plates became a major political issue for the new government.

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Work on railways continues during Shabbat

Footage showing construction workers operating on railroad tracks in the middle of Shabbat causes uproar.

UTJ MK:

'We are the only ones looking out for the haredi public'

MK Yitzhak Pindrus tells INN that the ongoing attacks against the haredim are nothing but fake news.

Haredim

MK Yaakov Asher explains why there is no haredi ‘hasbara’

MK Yaakov Asher reveals the instruction he received from Rabbi Steinman not to establish a haredi hasbara program.

Woman crushed by garbage dumpster 2 weeks ago wakes up

Sha'arei Tzedek Medical Center says mother of 11 has regained consciousness, but is still in serious condition.

2nd suspect who sent dumpster barreling into woman arrested

2 arrested for setting fire to dumpster which careened into mother of 11, crushing her.

Gantz to haredim:

'These coercive & racist policies will harm you the most'

Defense Minister says new government's discriminatory policies could lead to discrimination against haredim.

Police arrest suspect who sent dumpster barreling into woman

Police arrested a haredi minor on the suspicion he pushed a dumpster into a 40-year-old mother of 11, seriously injuring her, at a riot.

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Video of pushed garbage bin which injured woman

A mother of 11 was seriously injured during a riot by haredi activists last week. She remains in serious condition.

80% of haredim use the internet, almost all view it negatively

Most internet use is work-related or to access services. Highly restrictive filters are widely used.

Likud, UTJ agree: No electricity generated on Shabbat

Coalition agreement includes affirmative action for haredim in govt, more separate beaches for men and women.

New survey:

Haredim do more volunteer work than any other sector

Volunteering leads to higher rates of life satisfaction, survey found.

Haredi businessman:

No choice but to create haredi communities in mixed cities

'I call on people to buy apartments in the periphery and to live in them,' haredi businessman says.

Watch: Haredim dance with soldiers in Hebron

Following conclusion of Shabbat in Hebron, a group of haredi yeshiva students gather to dance, lift two IDF soldiers onto their shoulders.

Bennett denies billions given to UAL

Former PRime Minister Naftali Bennett claims that at no time was the UAL party given billions of shekel for Israel's Arab population.

First-ever haredi hesder yeshiva enters 2nd year of operation

Netzach David, Israel's first-ever haredi hesder yeshiva, enters second year of operation, integrating Torah learning with combat service.

99-year-old haredi leader votes in Israel's elections

Accompanied by students and MK Asher, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein braves Bnei Brak rain to vote in Israel's elections.

Will the haredim 'betray' Netanyahu?

i24NEWS talks to residents of Bnei Brak and witnesses the divides within the relatively homogenous population.

Netanyahu:

'If the haredim go out to vote, Matan Kahana will go home'

Opposition leader meets journalists in Jerusalem, warns against complacency on among haredim.

Has the concept of a Jewish party been forgotten?

I will continue to vote, but I will not donate as much as I used to. Op-ed.

Haredi candidate: Haredim tend not to answer phone surveys

'If our work on the ground brings results, we'll win nine Knesset seats,' United Torah Judaism's Yitzhak Goldknopf promises.

The Great Haredi Political Shift

So long as the country was humming along, Orthodox Jews had the luxury to vote based on narrow interests.No more. Op-ed.

Labor leader: Haredi party head is destroying haredim's future

Yitzhak Goldknopf, head of haredi UTJ party, says studying math hasn't advanced Israel's economy.

Police Brutality

Elderly couple knocked to the ground by anti-riot water cannon

In footage posted to Twitter the water cannon can be seen spraying the elderly woman in the head, causing her and her husband to fall

Dozens of haredim block road in protest of arrest of deserter

Jaffa street blocked in protest against arrest of soldier who attempted to leave the country ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

Haredi education crisis:

'Schools only receive half of what they're legally entitled to'

"Netanyahu only promised what the law already stipulates," says haredi MK.

Lithuanian-haredi leadership embraces working haredim

During Council of Torah Sages meeting, Lithuanian-haredi leadership expresses support for working haredim.

Liberman to haredim:

'Deri, Bibi and Gafni want you to live in poverty'

Yisrael Beytenu chairman: I will not sit with Deri and Gafni, not because they are haredim, but because they are harming Israel.

Bennett slams UTJ: Businessmen condemn children to ignorance

Alternate PM says clause in agreement to keep UTJ together banning secular studies in haredi schools will condemn a generation to poverty.

Why no haredi women in religious parties?

A group of religious women has joined Lapid's Yesh Atid, but when will Shas and UTJ have their own female representatives?

Suspect arrested for assault of Chabad man in Tel Aviv

26-year-old man arrested for assault on haredi man in Tel Aviv last Friday.

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Haredi man attacked in Tel Aviv

Member of Chabad movement shoved to the ground as man shouts 'haredim!' in Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu to haredim: Our strength is in our unity

In a rare op-ed, the former Prime Minister beseeches the haredim to stay united.

Intense floods in London haredi neighborhood

But most of the residents are on vacation in Austria and Switzerland. Watch

MK Tur-Paz to Arutz Sheva

"The next Yesh Atid Government will have room for the haredim"

MK Moshe Tur-Paz spoke about the budding relationship between his party and members of the haredi sector

Haredi families set up new outpost in Gush Etzion: Derech Emunah

Homes, synagogue, and yeshiva erected in first so-called 'illegal outpost' by members of the haredi community.

Supreme Court: No autopsy for strangled four-year-old

Supreme Court accepts family's appeal, allows four-year-old's body to be buried without undergoing autopsy.

Top rabbi:

'Students left without a yeshiva are in danger of their lives'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein calls on yeshiva deans to act to help dozens of young teens who do not have a yeshiva to go to when school starts.