Meir Porush

Haredi MKs propose exempting haredi yeshiva students from IDF service at 26, halting arrests

The first bill would allow yeshiva students to defer military service until age 26, while the second would immediately suspend criminal enforcement proceedings against eligible students for one year.

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HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) man reads a newspaper.

Ultra-Orthodox paper calls for 'war' on government amid IDF conscription tensions

The Yated Ne’eman newspaper is affiliated with the haredi Lithuanian faction, Degel Hatorah, which forms part of the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party.  

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JERUSALEM AFFAIRS and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush addresses the Knesset plenum.

Multitasking haredi politicians: One hand writes the laws, the other undermines them - opinion

Since the early days of Israel, an internal debate has taken place within the ultra-Orthodox community over whether it is possible to cooperate with the Zionist state and benefit from its resources.

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Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025.

Porush, Smotrich spar over haredi draft law

"We will not agree to any further delay in passing the budget. The budget will not be held hostage by the legislation of the [haredi] conscription law,” Smotrich said.

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Israeli ministers reject 'free dishwasher bill' for haredim

The committee approved a bill to permit parents to take a sick day when they vaccinate their children for the coronavirus.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Meir Porush, Minister of Jerusalem and Israel's Traditions, March 27, 2019.

Two suspects arrested for attacking MK Meir Porush in September

Porush was attacked near his Jerusalem home and fended off two assailants who tried to cut off his beard.

DECEMBER 22, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Meir Porush attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021

Women of the Wall conduct Rosh Chodesh prayers with MK Kariv

WOW attempted to read the Torah reading for Rosh Chodesh amid protests against them.

OCTOBER 7, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
Women of the Wall read the Torah on Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, 2021

MK Meir Porush attacked near his home in Jerusalem

Two attackers approached MK Meir Porush and allegedly attempted to cut off his beard before running away.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Does calling someone a 'pig' sound different in Yiddish?

Porush meant that Reform Judaism is dangerous because Reform Jews “show” some Jewish practices but do not observe “all” of them.

JULY 28, 2021ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
Ultra-Orthodox worshippers pray on Tisha Be’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, at the Western Wall on July 18, 2021.

Ultra-Orthodox MK compares Reform Jews to pigs

Haredi MKs denounce Labor MK, Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv amid his appointment to chair Knesset Constitution, Law, Justice Committee • UTJ MK Meir Porush compares Reform Jews to "pigs"

JUNE 29, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Rabbi and UTJ MK Meir Porush and Rabbi and Labor MK Gilad Kariv

VIDEO: Ultra-Orthodox MK handcuffs himself to podium over Haredi draft

Meir Porush of UTJ among opponents of legislation that would make national service mandatory for Haredi men.

JULY 23, 2013ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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Haredi fallout

The ultra-Orthodox parties bide their time as they assess the implications of being shunted out of the government coalition

MAY 21, 2013ByANDREW FRIEDMAN
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Lapid blasts haredim in maiden Knesset speech

Finance minister vows to recruit a lot of yeshiva students to IDF service; Knesset rejects 6 no-confidence motions.

APRIL 22, 2013ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN
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Coalition deal worries haredi leadership

Haredim fear what coalition deal will bring; secularist group accuses Lapid of abandoning promises on religion and state.

MARCH 17, 2013ByJEREMY SHARON
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