Haredi
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.
Outcome of state budget vote uncertain amid coalition crisis over haredi draft
2026 budget reading puts government at risk, after months of ideological sparring - analysis
Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center, Shoresh Institute finds
IDF draft equality is minimum condition to restore Israeli solidarity - editorial
The Israel-Hamas War did not only take bodies; it took spirit. It took marriages, jobs, sleep, and the sense that someone competent is steering.
Growing contradictions at the heart of Israel’s liberal camp - opinion
Israeli liberal leaders push policies that clash with democratic principles, showing differing ways of how they treat different communities.
Haredi protesters attack bus driver during protest in northern Jerusalem
The haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest was against the IDF draft.
Knesset legal advisor demands Finance Ministry probe into unauthorized fund transfers
The demand was made following a High Court of Justice hearing on petitions challenging the government’s transfer of more than NIS 1 billion in earmarked funds to haredi schools.
High Court to Israeli gov't: Disclose details on ultra-Orthodox school funding within 10 days
The ruling came in response to a petition that challenges the continued funding of the two main party-linked haredi school networks amid concerns over budgetary transfers to the networks.
Grapevine, January 9, 2025: An embassy row in Jerusalem?
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Maduro's downfall: Was the US capture of Maduro legal?
In this week's The Deep Dive, Jacob Laznik analyzes the unprecedented US capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case
Elazar Rumpler, a Lev Tahor haredi cult leader, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a total of NIS 22,000 in fines and compensation for assaulting a 10-year-old child.
Knesset stole billions from Israelis to fund haredi schools, Lapid claims
“The money was transferred to schools that do not teach the core curriculum, that are subject to no oversight of any kind, in violation of the law,” Lapid said.
Israel must halt funding of haredi schools lacking legal standards, court rules
In the opinion sent to Education Minister Yoav Kisch, the Attorney-General’s Office stated that the continued funding of institutions that do not meet statutory obligations “cannot persist.”
