Haredi

'Israel has declared war on Torah scholars': Haredi leaders call for global protest

"The State of Israel has declared war on Torah scholars. The Haredi community will launch a global battle like no other,” the leaders of the Haredi community said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Haredim protest against the IDF draft outside Tel Hashomer recruitment base, April 28. 2025.
HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

State will halt funding for at-risk haredi yeshivot with students who don’t draft 

The petition notes that many of these students are not studying Torah in a consistent manner, and often work off-the-books - in violation of the conditions for military exemption.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Soldiers of the Neztah Yehuda Battalion complete the final stages of a 40 kilometer journey all throught the night of Feb 16 2010.

Understanding the ultra-Orthodox: Is haredim in the army a pipe dream or within reach?

Fears, hopes, and the IDF’s efforts to work with the community – and improve conditions to maximize ultra-Orthodox recruitment

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Sheikh Muafak Tarif and members of the Druze delegation.

Grapevine, July 25, 2025: A future theocracy?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

'Enlistment=Genocide': Haredi protesters assault police in Jerusalem, block city entrance

Hundreds of protestors blocked the roads near Chords Bridge with signs saying "Death before conscription," and "War on the draft law."

JULY 23, 2025BySHIR PERETS
HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

Indictment against accused sex offender Chaim Rotter expected Sunday

The case against him consists of 15 different accusations. Soon after his arrest, a special task force was created to manage the case, and his arrest was periodically extended to keep him detained.

JULY 23, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Chaim Rotter arrives to a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2025

New haredi draft proposal by reservist NGOs gains traction on Knesset, still no clear framework

According to the proposal, all haredi men will receive draft summons and be required to serve in the IDF, although the outline does not explain why it would be limited to men.

JULY 22, 2025ByELIAV BREUER
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, central Israel, April 28, 2025

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's attacks on Edelstein ignore his sacrifices for Judaism - opinion

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seems to ignore who Yuli Edelstein really is: someone who physically risked his life for the observance of Torah and mitzvot.

JULY 22, 2025ByASHER MAOZ
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef during a shaharit prayer in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 17, 2024.

National healing begins with a much needed change in politics - editorial

We may be naive, but at the same time truly believe that there is a small and important opportunity for change.

JULY 20, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Even as Shas followed United Torah Judaism’s lead and declared on Wednesday it was leaving the government, it did so with a major caveat: ‘We are leaving the government, but we are not quitting the coalition.’ Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits alongside Shas chairman Arye Deri in 2023.

Geula: Jerusalem's beating heart of ultra-Orthodox life

Originally just one small district, Geula has become so synonymous with haredi life that its name now blankets an entire cluster of neighborhoods. 

JULY 18, 2025ByALEX WINSTON
Several haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) are seen walking around Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood.

'My conscience is clear': Why MK Yuli Edelstein won't settle for a soft haredi draft - interview

"This law ends the phenomenon of pretending to study Torah. To me, that’s a disgrace to the world of Torah," Edelstein told Maariv.

JULY 18, 2025ByANNA BARSKY
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Yuli Edelstein speaks at the Muni Expo 2025 conference in Tel Aviv, on July 15, 2025.

Belief in the Haredi sector: Ruby capital to finance two projects worth NIS 245 million

Ruby Capital expands in the ultra-Orthodox sector with two new deals in Kiryat Sefer and Bnei Brak for 170 units. Overall, it finances 2,200+ units in the sector, totaling NIS 1.2 billion.

JULY 17, 2025ByOFER PETERSBURG
Modi'in Illit

Deri to remain in Netanyahu's security cabinet, Shas's Arbel rescinds resignation

Arye Deri to remain in Netanyahu's security cabinet, despite Shas leaving government • Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to stay in role to complete 'urgent tasks'

JULY 17, 2025ByELIAV BREUER
ARYE DERI is escorted outside his home in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Israel Police, with FBI's help, collect testimony from Chaim Rotter victim in US

Rotter's arrest has been consistently extended, and several others who are close to him were apprehended for questioning as well. 

JULY 17, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Chaim Rotter arrives to a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2025

Behind yeshiva walls: The hidden sexual abuse in haredi communities - opinion

It seems that every time a new scandal erupts, the deep fracture within the haredi community is exposed once again.

JULY 16, 2025ByPRIEL FITOUSSI
HAREDI YESHIVA students: These 135,000 boys, and then men, and then senior citizens, who will also not pay health tax, will place a heavy burden on the health care system in around 60 years’ time.