Yeshiva students

Entering Pardes: Discovering Jewish identity and tradition through role-playing games

At the recent Roll for Destiny exhibition at the Schechter Gallery in Tel Aviv, an overlap between geekdom and religiosity was taken into outright experimental art.

|ByAARON REICH, TZVI JASPER
The players are set to enter Pardes. From L: Chana Ner-Gaon, Victoria Kaufman, Tzvi Jasper, and Aaron Reich.
A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

Beyond the Headlines: Stronger than we think

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School dedicated the “Hall of Heroes,” a permanent memorial honoring 25 alumni of the yeshiva who fell in Israel’s wars and terror attacks over the past decades, including 11 who fell in the past two years.

This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat

Modern Orthodox high school in Efrat, south of Jerusalem, unveils a memorial to 25 graduates who fell in Israel’s wars and terror attacks, integrating remembrance into daily study.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen during protests in Jerusalem as a banner reads 'All [Israeli] people are IDF,' October 30, 2025

Haredi population grows rapidly while male employment and army service stall, IDI report finds

According to IDI, the ultra Orthodox community is growing fast, but gaps in employment, income, and military service persist, particularly among haredi men.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Court says it won’t block rebuilding of West Bank’s Homesh on state land

“We order the deletion of the petition after it has been exhausted in its current form,” the court said.

AUGUST 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Gov't approves additional NIS 164 million for yeshiva, seminary students

The cabinet secretary stressed that the funds were taken from reserves from a former cut to ministries and not a new cut.

JULY 30, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud party chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands with United Torah Judaism MK Yitzchak Goldknopf a plenum session in the assembly hall of the parliament (Knesset) on November 21, 2022.

Spiritual service cannot come at the expense of military service - editorial

“The Army of the People” cannot be a hollow slogan. It is important that Israel ease the haredi community’s path toward national service – with care, sensitivity, and respect for Torah study.

JULY 26, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Ultra-Orthodox UTJ MKs Meir Porush (L), Moshe Gafni and Ariel Atias (R) seen in the Knesset on February 18

A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel

The founders of Azara, which is based for the summer in Edinburgh, hope to offer a pluralist space for intensive study of Talmud and other holy books.

JULY 13, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
A young ultra orthodox Jewish man seen reading a newspaper in between studies at the Yeshiva Ateret Israel, in Jerusalem, September 2, 2013

High Court rejects petition to draft haredim

As the haredi draft law expires, controversy over military conscription intensifies, with arguments of discrimination and a cabinet plan for a new draft bill.

JULY 9, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
A SOLDIER and haredi man pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

18 NYC yeshivas do not adequately teach secular studies, investigation finds

The letters show that city investigators confirmed what journalists have twice documented and advocates have long argued: that many yeshivas barely teach secular subjects.

JULY 4, 2023ByBEN SALES/JTA
An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Time management struggles: The guilt of wasting time - opinion

I want to listen to Bruce Springsteen, but know I should listen to daf yomi. I want to listen to a history lecture, but know I should be listening to a podcast on the great judicial reform debate.

JUNE 30, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Daylight savings: Time to roll back the clock.

Israel's budget: Netanyahu gives in to demands from haredim, Ben-Gvir

The impasse developed last week after Agudat Yisrael, the Hassidic faction within UTJ, demanded over NIS 600 million additional coalition funds.

MAY 22, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir walks next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers during "40 signatures" debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset

Avi Maoz: NYC Mayor treats yeshivas better than Tel Aviv Mayor

Maoz quoted a speech made by NY Mayor Eric Adams, specifically citing Adams's pledge of support for yeshivas.

MAY 16, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
NOAM CHAIRMAN Avi Maoz at the Knesset: Great concern.

New York Mayor Adams praises yeshiva education, pushes back on criticism

In a speech the New York City mayor suggested that the city’s public schools were failing students and should follow the yeshivas’ example. 

MAY 16, 2023ByJACOB HENRY/JTA
Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends a rally at City Hall the day before the election in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 1, 2021.