Knesset lawmakers oust Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair Yuli Edelstein, who calls his dismissal 'the final nail in ...

Bill by outgoing Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair would revoke draft-dodgers' driver's licenses, ban them from ...

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The Halachic Left is one of several new Jewish protest groups that have formed after Oct. 7, 2023, to argue for a reclaiming ...

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While Israeli Jews are subject to a mandatory draft at age 18 — and regular reserve duty for decades afterward — an exception is made for the growing number of haredi Orthodox Israelis, who ...

However, Israel’s population, and the percentage of haredi Jews within the population, was much smaller in the past than it is today. In 1948, only about 1% of the population was haredi, while ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — In ordinary times, Moshe, a 38-year-old Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jewish Israeli, would be working while also focusing on his Torah studies. But after Hamas terrorists ...

Police officers use water cannons as haredi Orthodox Jewish men block a main highway during a protest against drafting into the Israeli army on June 2, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty ...

Despite their philosophical or practical differences with Haredim, Jews of all kinds have been motivated, inspired and moved by the Haredi commitment to core Jewish religious values.

News Are Haredi Jews in the IDF the new normal? ‘Sitting at home is the worst thing you can do in these times,’ said Ari Goldberg, a Haredi reservist who joined the IDF last month ...

I grew up haredi and heard all about how bad Reform is and how much worse it is than being secular or non-Jewish. But when I spent time in America and understand the culture better, I saw how much ...