Haredi news
High Court freezes Knesset law stopping arrests of haredi military draft evaders
The court issued a conditional order hours after the Knesset approved the legislation, citing longstanding rulings on yeshiva conscription and concerns over selective enforcement.
Bnei Brak set to become Israel's first city with gender-segregated streets, municipality announces
Sharren Haskel resigns as Israel's deputy FM over bill halting arrests of haredi draft dodgers
Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis
Rightist party seeks to amend Law of Return, create state-funded diaspora schools
This right-wing party wants to amend Israel’s Law of Return and establish state-funded schools for diaspora Jews in Israel. Would this change Israel as we know it?
Author of ultra-Orthodox 'Kids Speak' series accused of raping minors
Two women have come forward to testify against ultra-Orthodox author Chaim Walder, alleging that he would engage in sex with them regularly when they were age 12 and 15.
Enlistment law for ultra-Orthodox introduced to Knesset
The new version of the bill establishes drastically lower enlistment targets than the previous text.
Haredim who want out - are we giving them the help they need?
Hillel, an association that provides assistance to haredim who wish to leave the community, was disqualified from broadcasting in July. So they took the network to court.
Police clash with ultra-Orthodox while taking down 12 m. high sukkah
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox residents crowded an illegal sukkah built on 12-meter high scaffolding and clashed with police on the street in an attempt to prevent it from being taken down.
Haredi light-rail riots mastermind explains why he protests
"We are here to stay. The sooner the authorities grasp and understand this, the better it will be. We are not going anywhere and we will never accept this plan as it is proposed."
Haredi news site blurs out faces of new gov't's female ministers
The trend in haredi media of censoring images of women is widespread, but is also relatively recent.
Advisor to PM allegedly urged Meron bereaved families to promote Netanyahu
Rivka Paluch, who was appointed as the prime minister's contact with the families of victims of the Meron tragedy, turned to the bereaved families in recent days with highly unusual requests.
At least 6 Americans, including 3 teens, among victims in Meron disaster
Yosef Amram Tauber, 19, of Monsey, was a student at the Brisk yeshiva. A relative said that he left for Israel to attend the yeshiva “for the first time last week.”
Haredi protests in Jerusalem continue against light rail construction
The protesters, numbering in the hundreds, at Bar Ilan Junction, burned garbage cans and blocked the road, as well as damaged passing vehicles and the current construction areas of the light rail.
