Bnei brak

Police arrest 16-year-old from Bnei Brak suspected of setting fire to Pride flag in Tel Aviv

The teen was arrested on Sunday morning, and police found a burnt Pride flag and a lighter during a search of his belongings.

Burned flag found in home of 16-year-old from Bnei Brak.
View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Multiple injured as severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak

Evidence found in the home of man accused of selling fake measles preventative and cure.

Police arrest man accused of impersonating healthcare professional, selling false measles cure

Haredi protesters block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak during a protest denouncing the IDF draft, December 28, 2025.

Haredi Peleg Yerushalmi protest blocks Highway 4, police attempt to disperse anti-draft activists


Gender segregation in Bnei Brak is a good thing - opinion

Maybe you highly educated and discerning women could still learn a thing or two from the women of Bnei Brak, and from their approach to the institution of marriage.

 PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in Bnei Brak against the discrimination and exclusion of women, last week. ‘Stop wasting time on Bnei Brak,’ says the writer. ‘Look for those places where women are objectified, belittled, and betrayed.’

Israeli women's rights activists march on ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak

In an unusual move, the police have sanctioned the protest to take place in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak.

Women's rights protesters march on Bnei Brak, August 24, 2023

Israel hospital hacking disrupts services; Cyberattackers unknown

The attack has disabled the hospital's administrative computer systems, but has not impacted the operations of actual medical equipment.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Israeli wounded in Bnei Brak stabbing attack by Palestinian teen

The Palestinian teen was arrested, police added. The wounded man, in moderate condition, was taken to Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

Bnei Brak street scene, April 3

Israeli girl hospitalized for rat bites as infestation plagues Bnei Brak

The city of Bnei Brak has for months suffered an infestation of rats, which has led to multiple incidents of children being hospitalized after rat bites.

 Rats (illustrative).

Ashdod female mayoral candidate's campaign posters vandalized

Ashdod mayoral candidate Helen Gelber criticized the incident and vowed not to let Ashdod become Bnei Brak.

View of new high-rise apartment buildings next to older small homes, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod

200,000 gather as senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi Edelstein laid to rest

Netanyahu: Jewish world lost a brilliant scholar, leader • The funeral service has begun

 Thousands at the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein. May 30, 2023

Israeli pharmacy returns images of women's faces to products in Bnei Brak

Last week, the branch located in a haredi area made headlines when it covered the faces of the models on boxes of hair dye with purple stickers.  

 Illustrative image of boxes of hair dye.

Stop the demonization of Israel's haredim - editorial

The absence of that sense of common good leads to resentment, frustration and even hatred.

 Haredi youth are handcuffed together during a protest against National Service enlistment in Jerusalem’s Shabbat Square.

Was Bnei Brak Jewish community's founding blessed by a hassidic rebbe?

Did the Sochaczewer Rebbe stand in the street of Bnei Brak and pronounced this rare blessing with God’s name.

 BNEI BRAK main street, 1938.