Haredi news

Heavy traffic on Highways 4, 471 at onset of haredi protests at key infrastructure nationwide

Vehicle convoys are scheduled to depart from at least 19 cities at 4 p.m., with Highways 1, 2, 20, 4, 40, 57, 444, and 471 expected to experience heavy traffic disruptions.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters demonstrate against the arrest of ultra orthodox jewish men who took part in a protest outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg and were later handed over to the military police, outside the Abu Kabir detention facility in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2026.
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) anti-draft protester holds a banner reading "Even those who do not learn in Yeshiva need to stay Jewish. It's forbidden to commit spiritual suicide in the IDF's crematoriums," during an anti-draft protest at the IDF's Jerusalem recruitment center, April 12, 2026.

Derech eretz lost - Why the proposed Basic Law betrays our sacred covenant - opinion

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, central Israel, April 28, 2025

A-G to High Court: Gov’t has not adopted economic sanctions plan against haredi draft dodgers

Caps with slogans supporting Greenland are on display in a clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 20, 2026.

Supreme Court decision on baby autopsy, Trump’s Greenland texts under scrutiny


The Haredi Debate: Where do we stand?

Join Judith Segaloff and a panel of experts as they explore the complexities, challenges, and evolving dynamics of Haredi Jewish life in Israel and beyond.

Jewish men pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, October 1, 2024

Haredi protesters block Jerusalem highway in protest against draft-dodger arrest orders

The police explained that rioters began to disrupt the order by blocking the traffic lanes near the String Bridge at the city's entrance.

Police declared the haredi protests illegal.

Haredi Jews protest construction site over alleged ancient burial ground

Haredi Jews protested a Yehud building over possible ancient graves. Police acted. Tombs were found; the origin was unknown, and 300 homes were planned.

 Ultra orthodox Jewish men protest at construction site in Yehud, claiming the construction site is on Jewish graves, on May 27, 2025.

IDF falls short of haredi recruitment goals, as anti-draft protests continue in Jerusalem

The IDF will fall short of its 2024 goal of 4,800 Haredi recruits, with only about 2,800 expected. Challenges include outdated data, identification issues, and limited enforcement.

 Anti-draft protests erupt in Jerusalem, May, 2025.

'We’ve crossed a red line': Haredi factions warn of government collapse

“We all enlist, we all fight, and we all sacrifice for the country and a better future,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared.

 An illustrative image of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Israeli Jews near a sign for an IDF recruiting office.

IDF needs to act on recruiting haredim - opinion

Only a conscription law that includes minimal exemptions and with teeth will enable the continued defense and prosperity of the state.

IDF CHIEF OF STAFF Halevi salutes after placing a wreath during a ceremony marking a year since October 7, 2023, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. After over 14 months of intense fighting, the army’s burden has hardly decreased, says the writer

Haredi leaders urge draft defiance on front page of 'Yated Ne'eman' newspaper

Rabbi Dov Landau proclaimed: “We know full well that no yeshiva student or kollel scholar will join the army—under any circumstances and in any form whatsoever.”

The cover of a Haredi newspaper against the draft of Haredim into the IDF.

Coalition, opposition spar as preliminary vote on haredi daycare bill nears

United Torah Judaism threatens to oppose other coalition bills if daycare bill falls

 HAREDI JEWS walk in the streets of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Opposition blasts state attempt to assist major haredi school system in financial trouble

MK Beliak warned the "prime minister's office, head of the Knesset Finance Committee (Gafni) and all those who are involved in the matter – we are following closely."

 HAREDI YESHIVA students

Knesset defense committee to resume haredi draft bill debate with classified meeting

Many haredi publications have argued that the ruling has effectively "torn apart" haredim from the rest of Israeli society.

 Yitzchak Goldknopf, Minister of Construction and Housing attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024.