Articles in "haredim"

Security Cabinet OKs Haredi Draft Bill; Vote on Knesset Floor Tomorrow

The security cabinet ratified a proposal Sunday to push off economic sanctions against Haredi seminaries (yeshivot) that fail to meet ...

Liberman: Haredi Demands ‘Theater of the Absurd’, Will Quit if Bill Passes

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman hinted Monday that he would resign if a controversial measure further ensconcing ultra-Orthodox draft ...

Bennett Warns Netanyahu: Solve Draft Crisis Or I Will Withdraw My Support

Jewish Home leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that he would consider running against Prime Minister Binyamin ...

Thousands Accompany Rabbi Steinman, Haredi Leader, On Final Journey

Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the streets of Bnei Brak Tuesday to pay their respects to Rabbi Aharon Yehudah Leib Steinman, the ...

Haredim Threaten to Scuttle Greater-Jerusalem Plan

Ultra-Orthodox political parties United Torah Judaism and Shas said Thursday that they would scuttle plans to expand the Jerusalem city ...

News Analysis: Traffic Protests Reflect Split in Ultra-Orthodox Community

Hundreds of haredim blocked streets around the country this week to protest the arrest of two members of the Jerusalem Faction earlier in ...

Ultra-Orthodox Enlistment: A timeline

1949 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion agrees to exempt haredi yeshiva students from military service at the height of the War of ...

IDF to Begin Preparations for Ultra-Orthodox Draft Following Holiday Season

The IDF will create an ultra-Orthodox administration to focus on increasing the number of ultra-Orthodox youth serving in the military, ...

Police to Investigate Haredi Riot; Erdan: Cops Apparently ‘Lost Control’

Police “may have lost control” of a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem Sunday, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said ...

MK Guetta Submits Resignation; Will Take Effect Tuesday

MK Yigal Guetta (Shas) submitted his resignation from the Knesset to Speaker Yoel (Yuli) Edelstein Sunday, ending five days of speculation ...