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Millions of Israelis, including 900,000 children, live in poverty, NII report for 2024 shows

Poverty rates remain especially high among Arab and haredi populations, who together account for 65.1% of people in poverty, nearly double their share of the population.

 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.
Police officer establishing the administrative closure order of a daycare where a six-month old baby died.

Baby dies at unlicensed Bnei Brak daycare, worker detained by police for further questioning

 Rain in Bnei Brak

Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center, Shoresh Institute finds

Burned flag found in home of 16-year-old from Bnei Brak.

Police arrest 16-year-old from Bnei Brak suspected of setting fire to Pride flag in Tel Aviv


Extremist haredi men defaced posters of abducted Israel women

Extremist ultra-Orthodox men have spray-painted photos of women in the past.

 POSTERS BEARING the photos of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza are seen on a street in Port Washington, NY

The co-creator of ‘Shtisel’ identifies as haredi Orthodox again

New drama series ‘Shtisel’

Bnei Brak opens new accessible synagogue for disabled worshipers

Tailored with innovative features such as entrance and exit ramps, accessible elevators, a lowered Ark of the Covenant, the Accessible Synagogue sets a benchmark for religious inclusivity in Israel.

 Young Jewish worshipers with disabilities seen at the new Accessible Synagogue in Bnei Brak

Gender segregation in Bnei Brak is a good thing - opinion

Maybe you highly educated and discerning women could still learn a thing or two from the women of Bnei Brak, and from their approach to the institution of marriage.

 PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in Bnei Brak against the discrimination and exclusion of women, last week. ‘Stop wasting time on Bnei Brak,’ says the writer. ‘Look for those places where women are objectified, belittled, and betrayed.’

Israeli women's rights activists march on ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak

In an unusual move, the police have sanctioned the protest to take place in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak.

Women's rights protesters march on Bnei Brak, August 24, 2023

Israel hospital hacking disrupts services; Cyberattackers unknown

The attack has disabled the hospital's administrative computer systems, but has not impacted the operations of actual medical equipment.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Israeli wounded in Bnei Brak stabbing attack by Palestinian teen

The Palestinian teen was arrested, police added. The wounded man, in moderate condition, was taken to Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

Bnei Brak street scene, April 3

Israeli girl hospitalized for rat bites as infestation plagues Bnei Brak

The city of Bnei Brak has for months suffered an infestation of rats, which has led to multiple incidents of children being hospitalized after rat bites.

 Rats (illustrative).

Ashdod female mayoral candidate's campaign posters vandalized

Ashdod mayoral candidate Helen Gelber criticized the incident and vowed not to let Ashdod become Bnei Brak.

View of new high-rise apartment buildings next to older small homes, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod

200,000 gather as senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi Edelstein laid to rest

Netanyahu: Jewish world lost a brilliant scholar, leader • The funeral service has begun

 Thousands at the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein. May 30, 2023