Of the 338 new haredi draftees, 211 are in combat units, while 127 are in units to support combat units.
The brigade aims to enable haredi soldiers to serve in combat roles while fully preserving their religious lifestyle and identity.
Do non-working haredi men today truly believe that they are more worthy Torah scholars than were the great sages of the Talmudic and subsequent eras?
Scenes of Deutsch running outside show the joy that the petite athlete takes in the sport and will likely inspire others to give it a try.
He told the brigade's ultra-Orthodox fighters "we will preserve the Haredi lifestyle of the soldiers here - there is no contradiction between devout Judaism and combat, courage, and battle."
Rabbi David Leybel, a graduate of the most prestigious Lithuanian haredi institutions, is leading a quickly growing movement that is revolutionizing ultra-Orthodox society.
These estimates were based on publicly available information and BDO estimates, and the calculation was based on conservative assumptions.
The survey polled 800 reservists who fought in the Israel-Hamas War.
The study aimed to look at ex-ultra-Orthodox Jews' use of social media after their first encounter with it to see what effect it had on them.
The Magazine spoke to Israeli men and women who have served in the army and/or have children in uniform. Here’s what they had to say about the haredi draft debacle.
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