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.

|ByAVI SOLOMON
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.  

|ByKESHET NEEV
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.

|ByELIYAHU BERKOVITS
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.

|ByELIAV BREUER

Rabbis meet with Peres

Request two days to reach a compromise in Emmanuel, lament religious tension.

JUNE 17, 2010ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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High Court: Income guarantees to kollel students unlawful

Beinisch determines law does not allow for a distinction between kollel students and students enrolled at other institutions; Porush slams move.

JUNE 15, 2010ByJONAH MANDEL
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Eda Haredit calls on public to protest Barzilai decision

Badatz follows Atra Kadisha's stance that graves might be Jewish; UTJ to convene on issue.

APRIL 13, 2010ByJONAH MANDEL
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Elyashiv slams court’s ‘insufferable decree’ on school

High Court of Justice rules segregated school operating in contempt of court.

APRIL 11, 2010ByJONAH MANDEL
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