Gadi Eisenkot demands haredi party Shas remove new election ad invoking IDF soldiers
Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Solberg issued on Sunday an interim order for the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Shas…
Police confiscate items supporting terrorism from haredi Jerusalem neighborhood
Signs and other items inciting and supporting terrorism were confiscated in Jerusalem’s haredi (ultra-Orthodox) neighborhood of Mea She’arim,…
Israel’s new ultra-Orthodox party pushes for haredi enlistment, education reform
As the current haredi parties in the Knesset – Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) – have received…
Ultra-Orthodox draft protesters disperse after blocking Highway 4
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) demonstrators blocked Highway 4 near Bnei Brak on Wednesday in protest against the detention of a…
Ultra-Orthodox protest targets Jerusalem light rail
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters denounced the expansion of the light rail in the Bar-Ilan Street area of Jerusalem,…
Haredi protesters confront Ofer Winter after Jerusalem IDF enlistment event
IDF Col. (res.) Ofer Winter was verbally confronted by haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters on Tuesday evening after speaking at…
Political cartoons on ultra-Orthodox IDF draft vandalized before Animix Festival
An exhibition of political cartoons about the exemption of the ultra-Orthodox from military service was vandalized on Monday…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reverses course on draft-dodger legislation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported admission that his government’s law freezing the arrests of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders…
Haredi protesters call Border Police officers, soldiers ‘Nazis’ during protest
Ultra-Orthodox (haredi) demonstrators in Jerusalem harassed IDF soldiers and Border Police officers in two separate instances on Thursday…
Jerusalem cafe that became symbol of secular defiance, run by Jews for Jesus
Jerusalem’s premier soccer team made an unusual announcement last week: It would give a new cafe free advertising…
New Haredi Public party announced ahead of 2026 elections
A new haredi (ultra-Orthodox) political party, named “Haredi Public,” was launched on Sunday ahead of the upcoming elections,…
Jerusalem’s Bikur Cholim hospital battle puts city’s pluralism to the test
Who says you can’t fight city hall? Deputy Mayor Yosef (Yosi) Havilio battled against Mayor Moshe Lion –…