Ultra-Orthodox

Passover and the price of redemption: The burden of war must be shared by all Jews

Real redemption requires sacrifice: only when every Jew embraces this burden will we truly understand the slavery and freedom in the matzah and the blood and jubilation in the wine.

By KENNETH BRANDER
10/04/2025
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

A gov't of desecration: Goldknopf’s dance shows Israelis who is really to blame

How in the world can self-identifying Zionist Knesset members in the coalition participate in this injustice?

By MATAN KAHANA
24/03/2025

Israel Katz says 'unilateral' IDF draft letters to haredim have failed

Katz added that it was imperative for the Israeli military to take into account the "protection of the world of the Torah" in Israel.

 MK MOSHE GAFNI, chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, leads a committee meeting last week. ‘Wh

The IDF needs soldiers but Israel is paying yeshivas to dodge the draft

This might have been possible to tolerate before October 7 but definitely not now, at a time when the IDF is missing over 10,000 soldiers to fulfill the missions it already has.

14/03/2025

Shattering glass ceilings: The quiet revolution of haredi women

Haredi women work, earn a living, study, and acquire an education – yet they still face glass ceilings that are difficult to shatter.

By LINDA COHEN-ROFEH , ODELIA FROSH
12/03/2025

Disturbing doc highlight systemic abuse in ultra-Orthodox education

Director Meni Philip's powerful film gives a voice to survivors of corporal punishment in haredi educational institutions, revealing how widespread abuse shapes an entire community.

  Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the tomb of Rav Ashi,on the Israeli border with Lebanon, March 7, 2025

Israeli troops escort hundreds of hassidic pilgrims to rabbi's tomb inside Lebanon

The pilgrims were reportedly escorted by IDF soldiers early on Friday morning to hold the Shacharit prayer at the site of Rav Ashi's tomb.

Lia Fest: Jerusalem Cinematheque honors founder with women's film festival

The annual celebration commemorates Lia van Leer's legacy during a significant year marking a decade since her death, the centenary of her birth, and the Cinematheque's 50th anniversary.

The incoming chief of staff has many challenges he'll need to confront

The relationship between the IDF and society

By AMICHAI COHEN
05/03/2025

This is the way ultra-Orthodox men can be recruited into the IDF

Perhaps a decade from now, after the ultra-Orthodox population has become accustomed to core studies and state service, a universal military draft can be imposed.

By RIVKA WEILL
01/03/2025
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