This marks the first arrest of an ultra-Orthodox deserter since the exemption status of Haredim was revoked in July 2024, and ...

With this perspective in-mind it must be particularly galling for parents in Israel seeing children not making the same ...

But the haredi world believes in decline over generations. Ultra-Orthodox people focus on studying old, religious things, much of it written 2,000 years ago. All over the world, ultra-Orthodox ...

The question isn’t whether change will come – it’s already happening at the margins – but rather how deep it will penetrate ...

Orthodox, Israel Democracy Institute researcher Gilad Malach tells Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee The post ...

The community says it followed strict social distancing orders passed along by rabbis. (JTA) — Most of the 20,000 or so haredi Orthodox Jews in Antwerp, Belgium, live close to one another in a ...

Recruitment to the IDF is not only a marginal phenomenon in haredi society; it is also on the decline. 1,266 haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) were drafted in 2023, which compares with 1,972 in 2013, a ...

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox extremists blocked a central road outside Jerusalem’s International Convention Center on Tuesday to protest an event being held to honor Haredi soldiers. The Ynet news ...

Recruiting currently exempt ultra-Orthodox men is 'an existential national security necessity,' minister declares; Haredi ...

35 ultra-Orthodox police officers completed special training and became volunteer Israel Police officers on Thursday. The 35 enlisted in the police as an alternative to serving in the IDF (Israel ...