National religious

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion

If haredim see that they are treated with understanding, respect, and sensitivity, they will more readily change and adapt in the service of the greater good

AUGUST 11, 2026|ByMOTI LEITNER

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) people in Tel Aviv in June.

Illustrative: A voting box in the an Israeli election in 2015.

Religious identity remains Israel's strongest political divide, new IDI study finds

While the relationship between religion and political affiliation remained largely stable compared to the previous election, the study identified several notable shifts between 2021 and 2022.

JUNE 29, 2026|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

IDF SOLDIERS operating in the Gaza Strip.

Pareto vs the IDF: Does sociology determine army service? - opinion

We must remember that in any society, different groups will contribute in different ways. To aim for a forced “equality of service” is insensible.

JUNE 18, 2026|ByLARRY M. GOLDSTEIN

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber visits the Bnei David study hall, where Jewish philosophy is also taught.

Religious Zionism is under attack in Israel - opinion

The attacks have broadened to include assaults on all religious women who do 'only' national service and religious men who do 'only' hesder service, alternating yeshiva learning and active service.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

Lapid: Rabbis aren’t part of IDF chain of command

The Yesh Atid chairman referenced conservative national-religious rabbis who are campaigning against mixed-gender service and enlistment of religious women.

JANUARY 31, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

Young women to Shaked: Protest Rabbi’s campaign against female IDF service

"We are surprised and disappointed that you allow a public official to use his public status in order to work against the legitimacy of women’s service in the IDF and against female equality."

JANUARY 25, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

National-religious rabbi: IDF head should be fired for integrating women

"Eisenkot needs to wake up and the prime minister needs to tell him to go home," Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu said of the IDF Chief of Staff.

JANUARY 17, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

Female soldier, Lotem Stapleton, a physical education officer, demonstrates a move during a training session in Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique, at a military base in the Golan Heights March 1, 2017.

National Religious leader: Don’t enlist in army because of men and women mixing

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner has warned religious men - but not women - not to enlist in the army for fear that they would serve with women.

JANUARY 16, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

Additional 40 million NIS allocated for settlement security

The announcement comes the day after Prime Minister Netanyahu met with national-religious rabbis, thanking them for their support of him during his various corruption investigations.

DECEMBER 27, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN

Vehicles drive on Highway 443 past the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon

Netanyahu calls on National-Religious rabbis for support

The meeting comes against the background of the corruption investigations into Netanyahu, and into other members of the government.

DECEMBER 26, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

Netanyahu and his security cabinet visit IDF's Judea and Samaria division

An interview gone off course

Either way, both parties stepped on every mine and booby trap that crossed their way and the rest of the interview proceeded like a dialogue between the deaf.

OCTOBER 29, 2017BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF