Haredi news

Haredi protesters block Highway 4 near Ra'anana, Kfar Saba over draft dodger arrest

Police have deemed the demonstration illegal and are on the scene directing traffic to alternative routes, clearing the road, and restoring public order.

Ultra-Orthodox protester holding a sign reading "Either Haredi or the army" during an anti-draft protest on Highway 4, October 8, 2026.
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters block Route 433 in an attempt to stop the detention of a draft dodger, August 28, 2026.

Haredi protest erupts on Route 433 after police arrest draft dodger suspected of stealing car

The Supreme Court convenes to maintain the freeze on the law limiting enforcement against haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft dodgers, July 28, 2026.

ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits

Protests against haredi draft in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

High Court freezes Knesset law stopping arrests of haredi military draft evaders


Advisor to PM allegedly urged Meron bereaved families to promote Netanyahu

Rivka Paluch, who was appointed as the prime minister's contact with the families of victims of the Meron tragedy, turned to the bereaved families in recent days with highly unusual requests.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu with parliamentary adviser Rivka Paluch, who tested positive for the coronavirus

At least 6 Americans, including 3 teens, among victims in Meron disaster

Yosef Amram Tauber, 19, of Monsey, was a student at the Brisk yeshiva. A relative said that he left for Israel to attend the yeshiva “for the first time last week.”

Israeli rescue forces and police near the scene after a stampede killed dozens during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron on April 30, 2021.

Haredi protests in Jerusalem continue against light rail construction

The protesters, numbering in the hundreds, at Bar Ilan Junction, burned garbage cans and blocked the road, as well as damaged passing vehicles and the current construction areas of the light rail.

Haredi protesters burn garbage in protest of the light rail construction in their ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, January 25, 2021.

There needs to be a crackdown on the haredi sector

What is happening in Israel right now with the Haredi sector is nothing short of a disaster.

ULTRA-ORTHODOX men – one masked, one not – are seen in the haredi enclave of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York, on October 6.

Police arrive in Bnei Brak to find vandals, equipped to disperse crowd

The residents protesting the police were ultra-Orthodox extremists belonging to teh Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty. The protesters numbered in the dozens.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray outside their home in the city of Bnei Brak on January 14, 2021, during the 3rd lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Journalist attacked by haredi mob in Mea She'arim

When he left his car to retrieve the camera tripod, he was bombarded by stones and trash bags, as well as other objects. He has sustained multiple injuries.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews seen in the street of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim on a rainy day, January 18, 2021.

Satmar wedding ‘disrespectful, deceitful, illegal,’ says NY Gov. Cuomo

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York City should do ‘robust investigation’ of incident and ‘bring the full consequence of legal action to bear.’

A Satmar wedding takes place in Williamsberg, breaking coronavirus restrictions. November 2020

What's to be done on Haredi civil disobedience?

How do you ladies suggest the government should deal with haredi civil disobedience?

YAD AVRAHAM volunteers collect blood samples from haredi men who have recovered from COVID-19, at a Jerusalem yeshiva on October 27. Their plasma will be used to treat patients hospitalized with corona.

You gotta love the haredim

In the US haredim do not control who can get married and divorced, and where you can be buried.

ULTRA-ORTHODOX men – one masked, one not – are seen in the haredi enclave of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York, on October 6.

The endless struggle within a wonderful people

In the Haredi world, you do what your rabbi tells you to do.

Former health minister Ya’acov Litzman with Prof. Ronni Gamzu at a news conference in October 2019. Litzman resigned as housing and construction minister to protest Israel’s High Holy Day lockdown