haredim

High Court suggests compromise extending haredi daycare for three months

The compromise would enable subsidies to continue for three months after the start of the school year, expecting them to expire at the end of November.

The cover of a Haredi newspaper against the draft of Haredim into the IDF.

Haredi leaders urge draft defiance on front page of 'Yated Ne'eman' newspaper

Rabbi Dov Landau proclaimed: “We know full well that no yeshiva student or kollel scholar will join the army—under any circumstances and in any form whatsoever.”

By YAKI ADAMKER
17/11/2024
  A haredi man and an IDF soldier pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024

IDF issues a thousand draft notices for haredi recruits, 6,000 more planned

One thousand haredi IDF draft orders were sent out on Sunday, and 6,000 more are planned for the coming two months. However, the IDF is weak on arrests, leaving the real fight to the government.

How are ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting IDF service if they're too busy studying Torah? - opinion

While demanding that the government function better, shouldn’t the government also reallocate some money funding ultra-Orthodox draft-dodgers to better protect our soldiers?

06/11/2024

Coalition, opposition spar as preliminary vote on haredi daycare bill nears

United Torah Judaism threatens to oppose other coalition bills if daycare bill falls

 Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 18, 2024

Gov't secretary making illegal attempts to fund haredi draft exemption, AG charges

The government has been trying to circumvent the legal barrier to continue subsidizing daycare for haredi yeshiva students.

Haredi society needs to start pulling its weight as Israel's needs grow

The national religious public once questioned who was closer—the secular kibbutznik from Mishmar HaEmek or the haredi from Kiryat Sefer. In Israel’s ongoing war, the answer is clear.

By KALMAN LIEBSKIND
03/11/2024

Love, laughter, and high-stakes Haredi dating in 'Matchmaking 2

If you’re craving a story that’s both romantic and funny, Matchmaking 2 is a good match.

'Israel is set to launch an unprecedented attack on Hezbollah and Gaza,' Goldknopf reveals

In his interview, Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf said he doesn't understand what failure is attributed to the Prime Minister on October 7, and supports returning to Gush Katif

By MAARIV
16/10/2024

A-G, labor minister spat continues as daycare subsidies remain unpaid

Labor Minister Yoav Ben-Tzur accused AG Gali Baharav-Miara of undermining democracy by blocking a government decision to extend daycare subsidies to haredi yeshiva students of military eligibility.

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