JERUSALEM (RNS) — In ordinary times, Moshe, a 38-year-old Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jewish Israeli, would be working while also focusing on his Torah studies. But after Hamas terrorists ...

And the Haredi Jews joined a coalition that included him. The Speaker of the Knesset today is an openly gay man named Amir Ohana. The Haredim sit with him in a coalition government as well.

While Israeli Jews are subject to a mandatory draft at age 18 — and regular reserve duty for decades afterward — an exception is made for the growing number of haredi Orthodox Israelis, who ...

Haredi Jews visit Israeli army soldiers on Oct. 11. Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images. Cohen, the Haredi journalist, who is a host on the popular Kol Berama radio station, ...

Ben Gvir’s comment “I love the Haredi public, I embrace them” is not just political rhetoric. It’s a reminder that this fight ...

Haredi leaders in the Diaspora urge caution over granting Israeli citizenship to children, advise parents to consult before ...

"Without Torah students, we have no existence as a Jewish people. Without Torah students, the State of Israel cannot continue ...

However, Israel’s population, and the percentage of haredi Jews within the population, was much smaller in the past than it is today. In 1948, only about 1% of the population was haredi, while ...

The case originated approximately 15 years ago when the man's mother, residing in Eilat, separated from her Arab partner and ...

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T his week, thousands of Haredi Jews are making a pilgrimage to the gravesite of Rabbi Elazar Shach to mark the 23rd anniversary of his death on the 16th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan.

It is obviously too early to know for sure, but it is plausible that we are witnessing the slow-motion unraveling of Haredi Judaism. Between periodic ...