Articles in "haredi army service"
Knesset Moves Toward Dissolution Vote as Election Timeline Takes Shape
The Knesset House Committee is expected to deliberate on Monday on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, with the measure scheduled to advance ...
Israeli Knesset Expected to Dissolve Today, Go to Early Elections
Israeli lawmakers are expected to advance a bill to dissolve the Knesset on Wednesday, a move that would lead to early elections. Ahead ...
Calls For Early Elections Intensify After Haredi Leadership Rejects Netanyahu Coalition
Reactions poured in Wednesday following Tuesday’s comments by Rabbi Dov Lando, the senior spiritual leader of the Haredi (Orthodox) ...
Draft, Death Penalty, And October 7 Probe to Dominate as Knesset Reconvenes
As the Knesset reconvenes Sunday after a six-week spring recess, Israel’s coalition government is preparing to advance a series of ...
Bnei Brak Memorial Day Ceremony Bridges Social and Religious Divides
A Memorial Day ceremony in the predominantly Haredi (Orthodox) city of Bnei Brak offered a rare moment of unity, as residents from across ...
For First Time, Haredi Soldiers of Hasmonean Brigade Operate in Lebanon
For the first time, Israel’s Orthodox (Haredi) Hasmonean Brigade is operating in southern Lebanon, conducting targeted raids, the Israel ...
Israeli Leaders Denounce Orthodox Violence Against Soldiers
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's comments. A mob of Orthodox ...
‘You Can be Haredi and a Warrior’: Israel Declares First Orthodox Battalion Operational
Just over a year after its establishment, Israel’s first battalion for Orthodox (Haredi) soldiers was declared operational, the Israel ...
Israel Formalizes Orthodox Integration into Military with New Guidelines
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir signed a landmark order Tuesday establishing formal guidelines for integrating ...
Haredi Enlistment Would Ease Army and Economic Strain, Bank of Israel Says
Increasing Orthodox Jewish (Haredi) enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces could save the economy billions of shekels, the Bank of Israel ...
