Haredim women

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

The municipality issued a statement in response to the report, saying that the decision came after a letter from the city's rabbis, while it also said that it could be further expanded in the future.

Ladies in Bnei Brak watching as the men leave to protest outsidem of Military Prison 10 on June 24, 2026.
The rate of young Haredim in tech has tripled

The rate of young Haredim in tech has tripled

MDA operates 653 motorcycles

MDA expands Jerusalem emergency response with 22 new haredi female medics

 A haredi man and an IDF soldier pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024

Most haredi IDF recruits had already left the community before enlisting - report


‘Women, if you want a career badly enough, you’ll get it’

Women from different walks of life and some from backgrounds that held no promise responded to an invitation from First Lady Nechama Rivlin to come to the President’s Residence on Tuesday.

FIRST LADY Nechama Rivlin (center, seated) invited women from varying backgrounds and fields to share their success stories during a gathering at the President’s Residence.

The new haredim

Technology and economic realities are having a profound impact on the haredi community. Will the resulting changes make it weaker or stronger?

Avigayil Heilbronn-Karlinsky

La révolution silencieuse

Les femmes occupent une place de plus en plus importante au cœur des cérémonies et rituels juifs orthodoxes

Aviva Lipsitz était maître de cérémonie au mariage de sa sœur Ilana, en présence du Rav Steinsaltz

Rabbis tell haredi girls not to pursue higher education

Blessings and messages against higher education were read to the school pupils by Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman.

Empty Classroom

The fifth dimension

The Old City’s Fifth Quarter Gallery showcases collaboration and ritual.

The Old City’s Fifth Quarter Gallery

High Court: Haredi parties must explain why women are banned from party lists

The petitioners are requesting that the High Court either order the haredi parties directly to abolish the clauses in their party regulations or to require the Election Commission to do so.

haredi women

Women may soon serve as legal advisers to rabbinical courts

Legal advisers to the rabbinical courts advise the rabbinical judges on aspects of civil law concerning the cases coming before them.

Haredi political rally in Bnei Brak, March 11, 2015

Sinat Hinam on Rosh Hodesh Av

The Jerusalem Post

Chief Rabbi Lau to haredi educators: Don't sweep sexual abuse claims under the rug

His letter comes in the wake of several indictments in recent months against members of the haredi community for sexual assault against children.

David Lau

Number of haredim leaving community on the rise, despite hardships and difficulties

According to one estimate, approximately 1,300 people are leaving the community each year.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew gestures during a protest in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem