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Rabbis hold key to safety in Israel's haredi society - opinion

In haredi society, religious authority matters more than warnings when it comes to missile safety.

An Israeli emergency worker wipes the tears off a child's face at an impact site, after Iran launched missiles towards Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Bnei Brak, Israel April 1, 2026.
Security camera footage showing the impact near MK Moshe Gafni's Bnei Brak residence, April 4, 2026.

Iranian missile fragments damage MK Gafni's Bnei Brak house, none injured

Damaged caused by shrapnel of an Iranian missile in central Israel, April 3, 2026.

Iranian cluster munitions cause heavy damage to vehicles, buildings across central Israel

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Mohel arrested for death of baby linked to circumcision


Israeli man swindled $47m. from Orthodox Jews in Ponzi scheme - SEC

Yossi Engel also allegedly promised that investor funds would be used to purchase property in Israel that would be developed and sold.

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Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Shimon Baadani passes away at 95

Baadani was admitted to hospital at the end of November, and his condition deteriorated on Tuesday night.

 Rabbi Shimon Baadani

Refugees in Bnei Brak left without papers by Immigration Authority office - report

After a six-month closure, malpractice at the Bnei Brak branch of Israel’s Immigration Authority has left hundreds waiting in long lines to get their visas renewed.

African migrants wait in line for the Population and Immigration Authority office to open in Bnei Brak.

Netanyahu greeted with insults, jeers on visit to B'nei Brak

Locals boo'd Netanyahu and chanted insults, calling him a heretic in both modern Hebrew (kofer) and mishnaic Hebrew (apicorus).

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU attends a conference in Jerusalem, last week.

Palestinian arrested on suspicion of stabbing Israeli near Bnei Brak

The victim, 47-years-old, suffered serious head wounds after being stabbed on a pedestrian bridge near Bnei Brak on Tuesday.

 The bridge where a 47-year-old Israeli was stabbed, July 5, 2022.

IDF demolishes home of Bnei Brak terrorist amid clashes

Two Palestinians died following armed clashes as IDF troops enter Yabad, near Jenin.

The house of the terrorist who killed five Israelis in Bnei Brak on March 29 is demolished by an explosion, on June 2, 2022.

Gur Hassidic factions fight for second night in a row, clash with police

Fighting between factions of the Gur Hassidic sect have taken place at different cities over the past few nights as tensions rise in the community.

 Grand Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter of the Gur Hassidic Dynasty and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men at the wedding of Grand rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter grandson in Jerusalem on February 19, 2019.

The Israeli ‘balaboosta’ in New York

Admony was born in Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood near Tel Aviv, to a long lineage of balaboostas, a family that became religious when she was around eight.

 EINAT ADMONY: I started out as a fine-dining chef. Opening street food falafel was shocking for me.

Jewish Agency sponsors funeral trip of Ukrainian Bnei Brak terror victim's widow

The families of those Ukrainians who died will receive an aid grant courtesy of the organization’s Fund for the Victims of Terror.

 POLICE OFFICERS secure the scene of Tuesday night’s deadly terror attack in Bnei Brak.

Haredi Bnei Brak considers naming street after Christian 'hero of Israel'

Ultra-Orthodox Jews mourn Christian-Arab officer who halted Bnei Brak terror attack.

 Amir Khoury