Haredi news
Ultra-Orthodox party paralyzes Knesset votes to force through military draft exemptions
The most recent proposal advanced is a bill that would halt the arrests of haredi draft evaders, which is set to be debated on Tuesday in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Following hours of haredi draft protests, Israeli highways reopen to traffic
Derech eretz lost - Why the proposed Basic Law betrays our sacred covenant - opinion
A-G to High Court: Gov’t has not adopted economic sanctions plan against haredi draft dodgers
London Orthodox teacher fired for living with boyfriend wins legal case
Zelda de Groen told a tribunal that school managers subjected her to a “humiliating” hour-long interview.
Haredi rabbi bans new NIS 50 banknote featuring poet who married a non-Jew
Rabbi Ben Tzion Motzpi, a respected and highly conservative Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) rabbi from the Sephardi community, gave these rulings recently in response to questions submitted to his website.
The naked truth
As elections approach, anything can happen.
Misjudging their own power
If Litzman carries out his threat to resign due to Israel Railways work on Shabbat, it will be yet another example of the failure of the haredi parties to realize the limits of their own power.
This week in Jerusalem:
Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs
WATCH: Police suppress Haredi draft protest with skunk water, force
Police have employed skunk water and other physical methods to disperse the crowds and have arrested at least 25 men so far.
Haredi soldier wins NIS 500k in suit against extremist haredi harassers
Radical elements in the Haredi community have waged a vitriolic campaign of incitement and harassment against haredi IDF officers in the past few years.
Leader of Haredi world Rabbi Shteinman released from hospital
WATCH: Thousands of ultra-Orthodox take to the streets to protest IDF draft
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men blocked main traffic arteries to protest the arrest of religious men who defied draft warrants by the IDF.
New IDF directorate established to increase numbers of haredi enlistees
“Whoever wants to learn Torah should continue to do so, we don’t want to carry out belligerent operations here, we want to help those interested in serving but who don’t have the right information."