Bnei brak

Reim Bistro: Friends for a Kosher dinner - restaurant review

Pizza and pasta are on the border of Bnei Brak and Tel Aviv, along with some very enticing fish dishes, salads, and homemade versions of popular spreads such as tehina.

Tortellini
ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents and US Marshals arrest Yechiel Yehoshua Farkas, former Bnei Brak principal, in Lakewood, New Jersey, April 30, 2026.

Former Bnei Brak principal wanted in Israel for sex crimes against children arrested by ICE

ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order in Bnei Brak, April 28, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox draft protesters break into military police chief's yard, block highway

Nesiah Karadi, an 11-year-old girl from Bnei Brak, was declared dead following a three-week battle in the ICU after being struck by an Iranian missile, April 24, 2026

Child wounded in Bnei Brak missile strike dies after weeks in ICU


Bnei Brak Yeshiva announce death of Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker z"l

Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker was known to be dedicated to the spiritual development of his students and was a leading figure in the Haredi community.

Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker

Extremist haredi men defaced posters of abducted Israel women

Extremist ultra-Orthodox men have spray-painted photos of women in the past.

 POSTERS BEARING the photos of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza are seen on a street in Port Washington, NY

The co-creator of ‘Shtisel’ identifies as haredi Orthodox again

New drama series ‘Shtisel’

Bnei Brak opens new accessible synagogue for disabled worshipers

Tailored with innovative features such as entrance and exit ramps, accessible elevators, a lowered Ark of the Covenant, the Accessible Synagogue sets a benchmark for religious inclusivity in Israel.

 Young Jewish worshipers with disabilities seen at the new Accessible Synagogue in Bnei Brak

Gender segregation in Bnei Brak is a good thing - opinion

Maybe you highly educated and discerning women could still learn a thing or two from the women of Bnei Brak, and from their approach to the institution of marriage.

 PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in Bnei Brak against the discrimination and exclusion of women, last week. ‘Stop wasting time on Bnei Brak,’ says the writer. ‘Look for those places where women are objectified, belittled, and betrayed.’

Israeli women's rights activists march on ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak

In an unusual move, the police have sanctioned the protest to take place in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak.

Women's rights protesters march on Bnei Brak, August 24, 2023

Israel hospital hacking disrupts services; Cyberattackers unknown

The attack has disabled the hospital's administrative computer systems, but has not impacted the operations of actual medical equipment.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Israeli wounded in Bnei Brak stabbing attack by Palestinian teen

The Palestinian teen was arrested, police added. The wounded man, in moderate condition, was taken to Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

Bnei Brak street scene, April 3

Israeli girl hospitalized for rat bites as infestation plagues Bnei Brak

The city of Bnei Brak has for months suffered an infestation of rats, which has led to multiple incidents of children being hospitalized after rat bites.

 Rats (illustrative).

Ashdod female mayoral candidate's campaign posters vandalized

Ashdod mayoral candidate Helen Gelber criticized the incident and vowed not to let Ashdod become Bnei Brak.

View of new high-rise apartment buildings next to older small homes, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod