Haredim

Jerusalem saves historic Bikur Cholim building after backlash over haredi seminary plan

Opponents propose turning it into a cultural or arts center, heritage campus, performance venue, cafes and community spaces, or a museum on Jerusalem medicine and preservation.

The Jerusalem Bikur Cholim hospital in Jerusalem closes due to lack of money. November 30, 2010.
HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

Haredi leadership and Netanyahu are facing the same dilemma - opinion

Haredi anti-draft protesters block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak denouncing the detention of a draft dodger, February 9, 2026.

Laundering human capital: The reckless amnesty bills and their debasement of the Torah - opinion

An Israeli soldier guard as young men gathered during a demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews against Israel's military draft on June 17, 2026 outside the Beit Lid military base in Kfar Yona, Israel. The conscription of young ultra-Orthodox men into the military, from which they were long exempt.

Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions


A-G Baharav-Miara says gov’t is violating ruling on haredi conscription as enforcement plan stalls

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara's comments at the High Court of Justice came as the government has failed to adopt effective measures for the conscription of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students.

Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

State to High Court: Education data on haredi core studies incomplete, disputes A-G’s framing

At the January hearing, the High Court ordered the state to submit all documents in its possession relating to core-curriculum instruction in the networks.

 HAREDI YESHIVA students

Jerusalem daycare tragedy: Why make the story worse than it is? - opinion

We have many problems to solve in Israel, but we can’t afford to be blindsided by our own prejudices or by those of persons seeking any excuse to demonize our country.

ISRAEL’S VALIANT rescue services quickly removed the other 52 babies.

Parashat Beshalach's lessons on unity, shared risk, and IDF service

A segment of Israeli society – largely comprising traditional, Religious-Zionist, and secular Jews – carries the overwhelming weight of military service.

A STATUE of Deborah dated 1792 stands in Aix-en-Provence, France.

2026 budget reading puts government at risk, after months of ideological sparring - analysis

If the vote is postponed, or if the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties choose not to support it and it falls, then for all intents and purposes the government will fall with it.

A PLENUM session at the Knesset.

Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center, Shoresh Institute finds

The research studies how the accelerating migration of haredi households out of central Israel intersects with transportation, spending patterns, and fertility decisions.

 Rain in Bnei Brak

'I don’t care about optics': Inside United Hatzalah’s Jerusalem daycare disaster response

United Hatzalah responders treated children, managed a possible toxic threat, and supported parents during a crisis at a Jerusalem daycare.

(ILLUSTRATIVE) Israel Police take a woman in for questioning.

Supreme Court decision on baby autopsy, Trump’s Greenland texts under scrutiny

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise.

Caps with slogans supporting Greenland are on display in a clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 20, 2026.

Deadly autonomy: How haredi society's contempt for law has killed its children - opinion

Leadership begins with accountability. When leaders refuse to acknowledge responsibility, they abandon the very people they claim to represent.

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

IDF cancels ultra-Orthodox Hashmonaim Brigade event for parents in Bnei Brak after haredi riot

The event was interrupted by a group of several dozen haredi extremists associated with the Jerusalem faction, who tried to break into the compound where the event was being held.

HAREDIM SCUFFLE with police outside Jerusalem’s IDF Recruitment Center, Nov. 12.