yeshiva students

Leading Shas rabbi 'doesn't sleep at night' due to arrests

Rabbi Moshe Maya, leading rabbi at Shas' Council of Torah Sages, tells yeshiva student arrests are 'decree from Heaven,' as student describes conditions of imprisonment in military prisons.

'Lawlessness'

Satmar Rebbe expresses concern for American yeshiva students

The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, described seeing American yeshiva students aimlessly roaming Jerusalem, warning parents that their sons are “descending, not ascending,” during his post-trip remarks.

Rare historic documents:

Army deferment only for dedicated yeshiva students

Letters from late haredi leaders Rabbi Elazar Menachem Shach and Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman stress importance of ensuring only those truly dedicated to Torah learning receive deferments from military service.

Yeshiva student dies of brain bleed

Yosef Efraim Abramowitz, 29, declared dead after collapsing earlier this week.

Haredi newspaper editor: 'We do not belong on the Right'

'The moment working together endangers the Jewish future of Torah learners, the question will be brought to the sages; I don't know what will happen,' Yated Ne'eman editorial warns.

Knesset committee to advance Torah Studies Law

Ministerial Committee for Legislation to discuss recognizing Torah study as 'significant service,' parallel to cancellation of discussion on Draft Law.

Haredim fume: Jerusalem train station closed for haredi rally

Israel Railways announces closure of Yitzhak Navon station due to haredi anti-enlistment rally, citing public safety concerns.

Following yeshiva students' arrests:

Mass prayer rally planned in Jerusalem

Rabbi Dov Lando, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, decide to hold mass prayer rally in protest of recent arrests of yeshiva students. 'Public prayer can help.'

Tragedy at Mir Yeshiva: American student found dead in dormitory

Shlomo Aryeh Rivkov, an American student at the Mir Yeshiva, is found lifeless in the yeshiva's dormitory; police investigating.

Haredim fume:

Military Police arrest yeshiva students at home for draft evasion

Two haredi yeshiva students, studying at prominent yeshivas, are arrested overnight for failing to appear for enlistment.

First haredi draft-dodger arrested en route to Uman

Haredi yeshiva student, age 23, is arrested at Ben Gurion International Airport while en route to Uman and brought to military prison.

Petition to cancel all Yeshiva subsidies rejected

The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a petition seeking to strip all funding from yeshiva students, but Justice Yitzhak Amit indicated to the petitioners that they may file an amended petition.

'Military police at the door? Get up and fight them'

Former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef reassures yeshiva students that military police do not come to yeshivas, urges listeners to 'get up and fight them' if they make a home visit.

Leading rabbi clarifies: I did not say to leave Israel on Shabbat

Rabbi Yitzhak Zilberstein, a leading haredi figure, clarifies remarks on bans on Torah study, stressing that instruction to desecrate Shabbat does not apply in Israel, where the government allows Torah study. 'Anyone not learning - should enlist in a haredi unit.'

Haredi newspaper's front page announces 'war'

Yated Ne'eman headlines with the word 'War' following acts of enforcement against yeshiva students who refuse conscription, accuses Attorney General of attempting to create irreversible clash between State and haredi community.

The Attorney General's new sanctions against yeshiva students

Yeshiva students currently benefit from a discount that reduces their social security contributions to 43 shekels per month. The attorney general is expected to rule that this benefit will be revoked.

Haredi yeshiva dean:

Don't argue over Draft Law with secular people

Rabbi Dovid Povarsky slams government hostility toward Torah learners, urges yeshiva students to stand firm in faith and avoid public disputes.

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.

First haredi yeshiva student arrested trying to leave Israel

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.

Deri's ultimatum:

'If there is no agreement on draft law, we will go for elections'

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.'

Unacceptable!

Haredi press against impending draft law

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.'

On the Law exempting Yeshiva Students from Military Service

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

Reservists worry:

Without daycare subsidies, we won't have food to eat

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.'

Watch: Sderot Yeshiva dances following end of Yom Kippur

Students at the Sderot Yeshiva dance following the conclusion of Yom Kippur.

Government seeks to bypass AG for daycare subsidies

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.

Government authority:

Canceling daycare subsidies will harm haredi working women

Letter to government ministers warns of unsafe daycare centers, less haredi women in the workforce, if daycare subsidies are cut without appropriate warning.

Leading rabbi:

'Yeshiva students may study in Israel without worry'

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.'

Arab bus driver doesn't stop at bus stop, attacks yeshiva student

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.'

A-G holding talks to cancel daycare subsidies for Torah learners

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seeks to end property tax discounts, daycare subsidies, for haredi families headed by a yeshiva student.

How yeshiva students fooled protesters

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.

A-G to Supreme Court:

'Yeshiva students should be drafted to the army'

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.

The largest ever recruitment of Yeshiva students

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.

The bombshell

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.

Rav Tzvi Yehuda on IDF service of Yeshiva students

Heaven forbid that every yeshiva student go into the army! And Heaven forbid that none of them go!

Council of Torah Sages:

‘No one can abandon the Torah’

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.

Mitzpe Yericho Yeshiva celebrate hostages' rescue

Students at the Maor Tuvia yeshiva in Mitzpe Yericho celebrate success of operation to rescue hostages Fernando Marman and Louis Har.

Yeshiva student killed when wall fell on him in Jerusalem

Wall collapsed on a bed in apartment next to a building under renovation and fatally injuring a tenant, who was pronounced dead in hospital

Tragedy in Belz:

Yeshiva student dies suddenly

A yeshiva student of just 17 years old has passed away after suffering a sudden collapse that left him hospitalized for a week.

My parents want me to return home immediately!

HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook, former head of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, was questioned on this by a student from America.

Watch:

Yeshiva students thank God at scene of bus crash

Yeshiva students who witnessed a bus crash began praising God for having kept the incident from being fatal.

Interior Minister: 'Azrieli Mall is the IDF's biggest base'

Minister Moshe Arbel claims the IDF has better things to do than draft yeshiva students.

Website loophole threatens yeshiva students

A flaw in the Ministry of Transportation website puts haredi students at risk of being expelled from yeshiva.

Yeshiva students go kayaking - and are attacked by Arabs

Group of yeshiva students goes kayaking in northern Israel - and is violently attacked by a group of Arabs.

Yeshiva student caught stealing crowd control munitions

Police caught the suspect trying to reach ammunition through a gap in a gate near Rachel's Tomb.

Yair Lapid claims:

'Funds for yeshiva students replaced funds for special children'

Opposition leader Lapid claims increase in budget for married yeshiva students will come from funds for special needs children.

After four days: Missing yeshiva student found dead

Body of 22-year-old yeshiva student who went swimming in Kinneret is pulled from lake by IDF.

12 Chabad youth visiting Rebbe's grave in serious car accident

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.

With a guitar and tears:

Dozens of yeshiva students sing at scene of Jerusalem attack

Dozens of yeshiva students gather at entrance to Jerusalem near the scene of horrific attack, and begin to sing.

Brooklyn yeshiva students punched and pelted with eggs

Three Jewish students assaulted outside their yeshiva by gang of teenagers shouting "Free Palestine."

Yeshiva student killed at birthday party in northern Israel

Yoel Lahangahel, 18, is declared dead after being stabbed at a birthday party in Kiryat Shmona.

Brooklyn student robbed in front of his yeshiva

Incident takes place only days after group of Brooklyn yeshiva students held at gunpoint.

Religious soldiers walk out after women sing in IDF ceremony

Despite promises to the contrary, IDF's Combat Engineering Corps features female singers at official ceremony. Hesder soldiers walk out.

Yeshiva student with an iPhone? 'Kick him out'

Rabbi Shalom Cohen, head of Shas Council of Torah Sages, emphasizes 'damage of technology' and how it harms yeshiva students.

Haredi billionaire increases support for yeshiva students

At a dinner in the US, haredi billionaire Shlomo Rechnitz says yeshiva students will receive 20% raise in salary.

Chicago police searching for man who threatened Jewish students

Suspect yelled antisemitic abuse at yeshiva students and their teacher, including saying "All of you should be killed."

Thousands of yeshiva students march in Jerusalem against reforms

Students from national-religious community demonstrate against Minister Kahana's religious reforms.

Body of missing yeshiva student found

Three days after he went missing, body of yeshiva student Efraim Nachum Re'em is found in northern Israel.

Yeshiva students in Yerucham organize a wedding - for free

Yisrael and Chen requested financial help ahead of their wedding. Yeshiva students in Yerucham made the wedding for them.

Attempted lynching at Homesh yeshiva

Group of Arabs attack students at Homesh yeshiva in Samaria with clubs and stones. Students hold off attackers until security forces arrive.

Gov't to reinstate daycare subsidies for some yeshiva students

'The State admitted, essentially, that there were real flaws in the Finance Minister's original decision,' attorneys say.