Israeli election: Haredi parties may refuse to endorse both Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) may refrain from recommending either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Haredi Public Party’s Glanz, Yaffe seek change for haredi women
The first two women to run on a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party’s Knesset list have been seeking to address…
The Jerusalem café where Shabbat, religious freedom, and evangelism collide
When it opened, Café Basimta, operated by an Israeli associated with Jews for Jesus, opened its doors on…
The Democrats party head Yair Golan calls Khamenei assassination a mistake
The Democrats party leader Yair Golan said that the IDF’s assassination of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali…
Massive haredi anti-draft march disrupts traffic across Jerusalem
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox (haredi) protesters took part in an anti-draft march in Jerusalem on Tuesday, welcoming home haredi…
Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest against Jerusalem Light Rail construction
Police said activists tried to block traffic and damage the construction sites, and officers began dispersing the crowd…
Shas MK Arye Deri claims IDF does not really want ultra-Orthodox soldiers
“The army doesn’t want haredi soldiers, get that into your head,” said Deri, adding that the idea of…
Jerusalem cafe to determine whether or not to remain open on Saturdays
The management at Jerusalem’s Basimta Cafe will decide whether or not the establishment will remain open on Saturdays…
Iranian recruitment puts Israel’s haredi community at risk
Over the past two years, more than 60 Israeli citizens have been arrested and charged with working for…
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…