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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

There is nothing pure about a Torah that watches Jews die and calls it divine punishment. There is nothing holy about ...

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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The Halachic Left is one of several new Jewish protest groups that have formed after Oct. 7, 2023, to argue for a reclaiming ...

Police officers use water cannons as haredi Orthodox Jewish men block a main highway during a protest against drafting into the Israeli army on June 2, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty ...

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 ...