The festival, known as the Simchas Beis Hashoeva, is hosted by the Eretz HaKodesh faction within the World Zionist Organization and is being promoted as an event for "yeshiva scholars from abroad."
Senior Haredi figures are starting to rethink long-held positions, allowing change to happen quietly and organically.
One of the police officers was heard saying, "There's approval," before hitting a protester on the head.
The legal blanket haredi exemption from IDF service ended in July 2023 after being ruled unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) has threatened to boycott the Knesset plenum until their concerns over Haredi education funding are addressed.
Religion has been hijacked by cultists with long white beards in long black coats, and they have sullied it. Politics and religion simply shouldn’t mix; the result is a toxic mess.
In a heated confrontation in Jerusalem's Yaar Ramot neighborhood, Haredi extremists have launched a campaign against the Conservative synagogue, Kehilat Yaar Ramot.
After a 3 month extension of daycare subsidies were approved for Yeshiva students on Tuesday, Labor Minister Ben-Tzur said the decision will lead to 'total chaos,' and at least one year is required.
Neighborhood Corner: Founded after the Six Day War, Ramat Eshkol was intended to be one of the "hinge" neighborhoods connecting west Jerusalem with Mount Scopus.
Noisy public infighting usually develops into an attempt by parties to leverage their position to score political victories.
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