Haredi

Rabbis hold key to safety in Israel's haredi society - opinion

In haredi society, religious authority matters more than warnings when it comes to missile safety.

An Israeli emergency worker wipes the tears off a child's face at an impact site, after Iran launched missiles towards Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Bnei Brak, Israel April 1, 2026.
 Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.

'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers

Security camera footage showing the impact near MK Moshe Gafni's Bnei Brak residence, April 4, 2026.

Iranian missile fragments damage MK Gafni's Bnei Brak house, none injured

Matan Nitzky with assorted Dream Care patients

Dream Care: This haredi male nurse is helping redefine private nursing care in Israel


Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones, call police 'Nazis' in protests over dead infants' autopsies

Eleven were arrested before protests began to disperse following the High Court of Justice's blocking of the planned autopsies.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest infants' autopsies in Jerusalem daycare disaster

Police arrested the daycare owner and the caregiver in charge following initial questioning, and both will be brought before a judge on Tuesday as the investigation continues. 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died earlier in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

Jerusalem daycare tragedy exposes years of neglect, lawlessness, and failed oversight - editorial

What unfolded in Jerusalem was not merely a tragic accident. It was the foreseeable result of a prolonged erosion of governance, oversight, and responsibility.

First responders at the scene where dozens of toddlers were suspected to have been badly poisoned at a daycare in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

Israel Police arrest Jerusalem daycare owner, caregiver in charge where two babies died

The court ordered the autopsy, demanded by the Attorney-General's office and the police, while the family of the victims will be able to appeal the decision on Tuesday.

Kindergaten owner arrested in Romema, Jerusalem, after two babies died due to illegalities. January, 19.

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.

MK Boaz Bismuth seen with haredi MKs and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer in the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 14, 2026.

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.

An illustrative image of a reporter for Army Radio (Galei Tzahal) taken in 2019.

Haredi protesters attack bus driver during protest in northern Jerusalem

The haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest was against the IDF draft.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026; illustrative.

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.

Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, December 1, 2025.

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.

Supreme court justice Yael Willner arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on a petition against the Finance Committee’s decision to transfer funds to Ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, January 8, 2026.

Grapevine, January 9, 2025: An embassy row in Jerusalem?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Micky Maltz.