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.

Protests against haredi draft in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.
Ladies in Bnei Brak watching as the men leave to protest outsidem of Military Prison 10 on June 24, 2026.

Bnei Brak set to become Israel's first city with gender-segregated streets, municipality announces

Deputy Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025.

Sharren Haskel resigns as Israel's deputy FM over bill halting arrests of haredi draft dodgers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis


Litzman threatens to leave coalition if haredi draft bill passes

Bill expected to pass late on Monday night, majority of haredi MKs to vote against; Yesh Atid to support govt and vote in favor.

An Israeli soldier of the Ultra-Orthodox brigade takes part in a swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem.

Enlistment law goes to vote Monday

Zionist Union to turn vote into no-confidence motion

Soldiers from the Nahal Haredi unit, the ultra-Orthodox battalion in the Israel Defense Forces

Young haredim more myopic than modern Orthodox and secular counterparts

"The results of the study indicate the need for cooperation between the health and education systems in formulating strategies to prevent the development of myopia in children."

glasses on the background of the stack of magazines

Ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion gets a new commander

Lt.-Col. Nitai Okashi was commended for stopping Gazan terrorist with his bare hands in 2007.

Lt.-Col. Nitai Okashi will be replacing Lt.-Col. Itamar Deshel as IDF's ultra-Orthodox battalion's new commander

MK vows government will fall if haredi enlistment exemption law not passed

UTJ’s cooperation with the government is based on the agreement to protect the right of yeshiva students not to perform military service.

MK Yaakov Asher

In Bnei Brak, Lag Ba’Omer celebrations abound for sage Shimon Bar Yochai

Despite warnings of heat, residents flocked to a “celebration of light.”

Bnei Brak residents gather around a bonfire, singing songs in honor of the sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, May 2, 2018.

Haredi yeshiva head sentenced to 17 months for defrauding state

He was found guilty of defrauding the state of NIS 2.2m by faking student enrollment.

Shekel money bills

#NotMeToo?

Haredi papers ignore International Women’s Day

The front page of a recent issue of Yated Neeman, a haredi newspaper in English

Haredi IDF enlistment targets not being met, report finds

Defense Ministry, IDF sluggish in enforcing terms of draft exemptions.

Israel police carry a haredi protestor during an anti-conscription demonstration in Jerusalem, March 2018

Haredim protest in Jerusalem over proposed draft law

The demonstrators blocked the entrance to the city for close to two hours until Border Police units moved in to disperse the protestors using water cannons and skunk sprays.

A young haredi boy wearing a "Jude" star takes part in a protest against mandatory IDF conscription, March 2018