Yeshiva students

WATCH: 'All of Israel is ours': Smotrich calls to annex West Bank in Jerusalem Day speech

"The time has come for us to finally erase the lines that distinguish between Areas A, B, and C, the entire Land of Israel is ours," Smotrich said at the Religious Zionist Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gives a Jerusalem Day address, May 14, 2026.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to deliver his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outlining the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, U.S., April 12, 2026.

Satmar HQ condemns Mamdani for vetoing no protest buffer zones around educational facilities

 Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.

'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers

YOUNG WOMEN study at Jerusalem’s Midreshet Lindenbaum

Staying put: Realizing a modern Exodus amid times of challenge - opinion


Grapevine August 18, 2024: Preserving and promoting Yiddish

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

A man studies in a university library.

WATCH: haredim protest draft at northern recruitment base, 12 arrested

The IDF reported that Border Police successfully kept the protesters away from the base's fences, though the police had to disperse a large number of demonstrators using tear gas.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police forces outside the IDF Michve Alon base in northern Israel, August 14, 2024

'If the army were without women, we might have been able to discuss it,' senior haredi rabbi says

"Even if there were a haredi brigade, today it would be one way, and tomorrow the another," the rabbi added.

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers

IDI study uncovers illegal employment among haredi Yeshiva students

"This study sheds light on the complex relationship between religious obligations and economic activity among young Haredi men," Gordon explained.

 Haredi youth works in office.

Haredi men must be drafted. What now? - opinion

The IDF needs to understand the true importance of this moment and make the right accommodations for new haredi conscripts to ease this bumpy process.

IDF recruitment office sign

Sparring in Jewish law: Rabbi Meir Eliyahu Pinto enthralled Ashdod


Soldier or scholar: Who is the better Jew? - opinion

History is not static; times change, conditions change, and we have to adapt to those changes.

 HAREDI MEN learn at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim, Sept. 13, 2023.

Deep changes must take place in Israeli society for it to emerge united - editorial

In terms of the societal splits on which the court was asked to deliberate, it is a superficial Band-Aid, one that covers a deeper wound than can be fixed by the court alone.

 DESPITE THE IDF’s calculation that it needs 7,000 new troops, the vote to revive an older haredi draft bill was approved by the majority of the Knesset members.

How Ben-Gurion's pragmatic decision led to haredim draft exemption - analysis

David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision not to draft yeshiva students shaped Israel's policy, sparking decades of debate on military exemptions amid societal and political transformations.

 David Ben-Gurion – Israeli politician, Zionist leader, First Prime Minister of israel.

High Court ruling is too little, too late - comment

The government cannot afford to completely ignore the ruling and refrain from drafting any haredim.

 Police disperse demonstrators during a protest against haredi IDF conscription, outside the High Court in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024