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Ben Gvir’s comment “I love the Haredi public, I embrace them” is not just political rhetoric. It’s a reminder that this fight ...

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In Bnei Brak visit, U.S. envoy backs yeshiva world amid draft bill tensions; Rabbi Landau urges Trump to protect Torah study.The post Huckabee to Haredi leader: Torah scholars also defend ...

Cops in capital initially beat, trample protesters but then stand down, allowing them to halt traffic for over 2 hours; ...

Haredi leaders in the Diaspora urge caution over granting Israeli citizenship to children, advise parents to consult before ...

Arutz Sheva learns Beitar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein and Modi’in Illit Mayor Yaakov Guterman actively working to persuade ...

Former housing minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, says Prime Minister ...

While Israeli Jews are subject to a mandatory draft at age 18 — and regular reserve duty for decades afterward — an exception is made for the growing number of haredi Orthodox Israelis, who ...

However, Israel’s population, and the percentage of haredi Jews within the population, was much smaller in the past than it is today. In 1948, only about 1% of the population was haredi, while ...

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 (haredi) demonstrators ...

It is obviously too early to know for sure, but it is plausible that we are witnessing the slow-motion unraveling of Haredi Judaism. Between periodic ...