They suggest solutions they hope will be accepted by at least part of the public and the haredi leadership. Since many are religious themselves, they have no problem taking into account values ...

MK Moshe Gafni, who chairs the Degel Hatorah faction of the Ashkenazi-haredi United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party, has hinted that despite threats, his party is unlikely to leave the coalition ...

The haredi parties are planning to intensify their pressure for the enactment of the Draft Law. The haredi Mishpacha newspaper reported on Wednesday night that the haredi parties, who are ...

Literally. Members of the Haredi community are careful to refer to Israel as Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel, distinguishing the (flawed) political entity from the religious-ideological one.

In short, what is deemed today to be a non-starter for supposed religious reasons, was viewed – and acted upon – positively by their Haredi predecessors from the very start! The irony is that ...

But none of Minister Levin’s calls for enhancing law and order under a balanced judiciary made any impression on the two Haredi politicians, who preferred bean counting to caring about the law.

Military service in Israel is compulsory for men and women at age 18. Since the state’s founding, Haredi Jews have been exempted from service, as it is viewed as a threat to their religious lifestyle.

Haredi soldiers completing an F-16 aircraft ... The IDF’s efforts to integrate haredim into the military and accommodate their religious lifestyle include separate sleeping arrangements, strict ...

The course is part of a broader initiative to integrate young Haredi men into the Israel Defense Forces while maintaining their religious lifestyle. The training centre provides separate ...

December 13, 2024 • At issue is whether the charity Catholic Charities is qualified to be exempt from state unemployment taxes as a religious institution.