Bnei brak

Employee Union chairman says inspectors will not return to Bnei Brak without security - report

Following the meeting with the mayor, the Tax Authority announced that operations in the city would resume.

Israeli srcurity and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage in Bnei Brak, central Israel, March 31, 2026.
Street sign reading women on one side and men on the other, in the ultra orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, July 15, 2026.

Municipality is not 'modesty patrol': Bnei Brak councilman slams sidewalk gender segregation

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order on Road 4 near Bnei Brak, July 16, 2026.

Tax Authority will immediately stop war damage claims until Bnei Brak mayor condemns mob attacks

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) children hold a sign reading that "Ir was better to die as a Jew in the Holocaust than to spiritually die in IDF camps," at a protest on Highway 4 near Bnei Brak, July 16, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Israel's Highway 4, call police 'antisemites,' injure one officer


'Speak quietly': Ashdod rabbis call for restrictive rules for women on public transport

Haredi women's rights activist Tzippy Lavi, Head of Government Relations for Nivcharot condemned the letter on X, formerly Twitter.

 Haredi woman in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 25, 2024.

Due to media pressure: A rehearing on the extension of TAMA 38

Following complaints, the National Council will hold a hearing next Tuesday to consider extending TAMA 38 until the end of 2024 in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Bnei Brak, and other cities.

 Tel Aviv.

Ultra-Orthodox extremists hurl bottles at IDF senior commanders in Bnei Brak, call them 'murderers'

Two IDF officials were attacked in Bnei Brak after a meeting about an ultra-Orthodox IDF division. Extremists surrounded their car, shouting slurs.

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road during a protest outside the city of Bnei Brak, March 3, 2024

‘Rabbi Capoeira’: A movie mixing ultra-Orthodox and martial arts - review

The film is showing throughout July and August at theaters in the Lev Cinemas chain and other venues around the country.

 MIKI HAYAT in ‘Rabbi Capoeira.’

'Help! They want to destroy the Torah world in Israel,' Israeli haredi leader in US says

Lando, alongside other prominent members of the Council of Torah Sages, emphasized the critical need for financial support from the American Jewish community.

 Rabbi Dov Landau seen at his home in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024.

47 people hospitalized over smoke inhalation after suspected arson in Bnei Brak

Several motorcycles reportedly caught fire outside a five-story building, causing many of the building residents suffer from smoke inhalation.

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

Israeli arrested in assassination plot targeting compatriot in Malaysia

The man was also caught in possession of six guns and 200 bullets.

A mosque is silhouetted against city buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 27, 2016.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block Israeli highway in protest of IDF draft

The protesters can be seen blocking vehicles and clashing with police officers at the intersection near the Coca-Cola factory in Bnei Brak in footage shared on social media.

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road during a protest outside the city of Bnei Brak, March 3, 2024

Low voting numbers in wartime municipal election

according to an update by the unit in the interior ministry responsible for the election, at 7:00 p.m. approximately 2.9 million Israelis, 41% of eligible voters, had cast their votes.

 Israelis cast their votes at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024.

Bnei Brak, Ashkelon lead cities with highest municipal election voter turnout

Mayoral candidates Hanoch Zeibert, Yaakov Vider, and  Uriel Menachem Buso made their last pitches to the city's residents on Tuesday.

 An ultra-orthodox Jewish man casts his ballot at a voting station, in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024.