Haredi news
Haredi protest erupts on Route 433 after police arrest draft dodger suspected of stealing car
According to the police, a 20-year-old had been caught driving a stolen car, after which it was determined that he was also a draft evader.
ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits
High Court freezes Knesset law stopping arrests of haredi military draft evaders
Bnei Brak set to become Israel's first city with gender-segregated streets, municipality announces
Misjudging their own power
If Litzman carries out his threat to resign due to Israel Railways work on Shabbat, it will be yet another example of the failure of the haredi parties to realize the limits of their own power.
This week in Jerusalem:
Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs
WATCH: Police suppress Haredi draft protest with skunk water, force
Police have employed skunk water and other physical methods to disperse the crowds and have arrested at least 25 men so far.
Haredi soldier wins NIS 500k in suit against extremist haredi harassers
Radical elements in the Haredi community have waged a vitriolic campaign of incitement and harassment against haredi IDF officers in the past few years.
Leader of Haredi world Rabbi Shteinman released from hospital
WATCH: Thousands of ultra-Orthodox take to the streets to protest IDF draft
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men blocked main traffic arteries to protest the arrest of religious men who defied draft warrants by the IDF.
New IDF directorate established to increase numbers of haredi enlistees
“Whoever wants to learn Torah should continue to do so, we don’t want to carry out belligerent operations here, we want to help those interested in serving but who don’t have the right information."
Hasidic men aboard flight cover Drew Barrymore film with blankets
The movie in question was the 2007 Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore film Music and Lyrics.
Haredi leadership furious over police behavior during enlistment demonstration
Video footage emerged of police personnel dragging haredi men by their peot, or sidelocks, shoving them to the ground seemingly unprovoked.
Shas, UTJ lawmakers fight to prevent court from killing haredi military exemption
The newest development in the crisis that ensued after the High Court's decision to make Israel draft a new law or else draft all the haredim.
