Yeshiva heads ban travel for students with draft orders
Following arrests at Ben Gurion Airport and stricter enforcement of the draft law, top haredi leaders order: No exit from Israel without explicit approval.
Following arrests at Ben Gurion Airport and stricter enforcement of the draft law, top haredi leaders order: No exit from Israel without explicit approval.
Haredi yeshiva student attempting to fly out of Israel to avoid enlisting into the IDF is arrested at Ben Gurion International Airport, sent to prison at Beit Lid base.
Shas Chairman, MK Aryeh Deri, gave the coalition a two-month ultimatum to finalize details of the draft law, otherwise 'we will go for elections.'
Haredi newspapers criticize Defense Minister Katz on draft law outline: 'Empires and kingdoms stronger than the current government in Israel have not succeeded in preventing Jews from studying Torah.'
It is a great commandment from the Torah to save a person in danger. When it comes to saving all of Israel, it is considered a clear obligatory war. The commandment to study Torah does not override the commandment to enlist in the army but the discussion about the government’s survival is a different matter and coercive conscription is not feasible
IDF reservists tell Arutz Sheva - Israel National News about the crippling effect of the changes to daycare subsidy eligibility policies. 'This situation can't continue.'
Students at the Sderot Yeshiva dance following the conclusion of Yom Kippur.
The government is trying to find creative ways to bypass the Attorney General who will oppose any move that allows subsidizing daycare centers for families of yeshiva students.
Letter to government ministers warns of unsafe daycare centers, less haredi women in the workforce, if daycare subsidies are cut without appropriate warning.
Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, leading rabbi of the Eida Haharedit in Jerusalem, says yeshiva students who come to study Torah in Israel will bring more merits. 'Nothing bad will happen to them.'
Honenu legal organization demands arrest of Arab bus driver who threatened yeshiva student with a metal rod, threatening to murder him. 'Bring violent drivers to justice.'
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seeks to end property tax discounts, daycare subsidies, for haredi families headed by a yeshiva student.
Demonstrators near the Slabodka Yeshiva called for the dean to come out and hear their complaints about haredim not enlisting. The students made them think he had.
Attorney General provides response to Supreme Court contrary to the government's position, says preparations must be made immediately to draft yeshiva students and end the funding for those who do not enlist.
Where do these people come from? From a great perception of Torah, which we call "the Torah of the Land of Israel" in the way of Rabbi Kook.
Rabbi Yitschak Yossef's statements must be understood in the context of how the issue of haredi draft is being used for politial ends. In truth, for the IDF, the enlistment of ten-thousand Haredim would be more of a headache than a salvation.
Heaven forbid that every yeshiva student go into the army! And Heaven forbid that none of them go!
The eldest member of the Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Bergman, clarified that he objects to any legislation that will force yeshiva students to recruit to the IDF.
Students at the Maor Tuvia yeshiva in Mitzpe Yericho celebrate success of operation to rescue hostages Fernando Marman and Louis Har.
Wall collapsed on a bed in apartment next to a building under renovation and fatally injuring a tenant, who was pronounced dead in hospital
A yeshiva student of just 17 years old has passed away after suffering a sudden collapse that left him hospitalized for a week.
HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook, former head of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, was questioned on this by a student from America.
Yeshiva students who witnessed a bus crash began praising God for having kept the incident from being fatal.
Minister Moshe Arbel claims the IDF has better things to do than draft yeshiva students.
A flaw in the Ministry of Transportation website puts haredi students at risk of being expelled from yeshiva.
Group of yeshiva students goes kayaking in northern Israel - and is violently attacked by a group of Arabs.
Police caught the suspect trying to reach ammunition through a gap in a gate near Rachel's Tomb.
Opposition leader Lapid claims increase in budget for married yeshiva students will come from funds for special needs children.
Body of 22-year-old yeshiva student who went swimming in Kinneret is pulled from lake by IDF.
Boys taken by helicopter to hospital, one critically injured, after van rolls into deep ditch on way home from visiting Rebbe’s grave in NY.
Dozens of yeshiva students gather at entrance to Jerusalem near the scene of horrific attack, and begin to sing.
Three Jewish students assaulted outside their yeshiva by gang of teenagers shouting "Free Palestine."
Yoel Lahangahel, 18, is declared dead after being stabbed at a birthday party in Kiryat Shmona.
Incident takes place only days after group of Brooklyn yeshiva students held at gunpoint.
Despite promises to the contrary, IDF's Combat Engineering Corps features female singers at official ceremony. Hesder soldiers walk out.
Rabbi Shalom Cohen, head of Shas Council of Torah Sages, emphasizes 'damage of technology' and how it harms yeshiva students.
At a dinner in the US, haredi billionaire Shlomo Rechnitz says yeshiva students will receive 20% raise in salary.
Suspect yelled antisemitic abuse at yeshiva students and their teacher, including saying "All of you should be killed."
Students from national-religious community demonstrate against Minister Kahana's religious reforms.
Three days after he went missing, body of yeshiva student Efraim Nachum Re'em is found in northern Israel.
Yisrael and Chen requested financial help ahead of their wedding. Yeshiva students in Yerucham made the wedding for them.
Group of Arabs attack students at Homesh yeshiva in Samaria with clubs and stones. Students hold off attackers until security forces arrive.
'The State admitted, essentially, that there were real flaws in the Finance Minister's original decision,' attorneys say.
Lubavitcher yeshiva student shot in drive-by BB gun shooting in Crown Heights.
'We're very glad yeshiva students are joining our kibbutz's prayers, it connects us to our heritage,' says Netanel Dik of Kibbutz Manara.
18-year old will reportedly face multiple charges, including first-degree murder, assault, theft, burglary and menacing.
Deans of seven Chabad Lubavitch yeshivas in Israel call on parents not to send their sons to Crown Heights for upcoming holiday season.
Group of 30+ haredim from New York managed to enter Israel for wedding, claiming to be students, but Israeli gov't discovered deception.
Yeshiva Committee publishes letter urging yeshivas to refrain from sending students home over Shabbat. 'Torah study protects and saves us.'
Police remove all students from Beit Midrash after brawl breaks out between rival factions during afternoon prayers.
Video posted to TikTok shows Arab slapping Jewish yeshiva student on the Light Rail in Jerusalem. Police investigating.
Air France demands students present proof of medical insurance. Students permitted to board flight after intervention by Israeli embassy.
A yeshiva student serving in the IDF was credited with taking down a terror cell in the Binyamin Region.
'Yeshiva plan very effective, students are getting vaccinated at a fast pace,' coronavirus czar for haredim says.
Haredi rabbis urge yeshiva students to get vaccinated in order to return to regular Torah studies
Several students of the Vishnitz yeshiva have given themselves up to the authorities in connection to the attack on Bnei Brak detectives.
The Rosh Yeshiva of Merkaz Harav has issued a letter asking his students to switch to distance learning.
Two hasidic yeshiva students arrive in Israel without authorization, are turned back by authorities.
Coronavirus may have caused 'what Zionists haven't managed to accomplish in 70 years,' Rabbi Yitzhak Koldetzki says.
Israel okays return of foreign yeshiva students seeking to resume their studies - provided specific precautions are taken.