Haredi demographics
Cutting support for Haredi families would weaken Israel’s demographic resilience, economy - opinion
Population decline can create a feedback loop. As populations shrink, the burden on younger generations grows, making it harder for young couples to raise families.
National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds
Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions
Equality requires universal draft, participation in economy and workforce, MK Liberman says
Neighborhoods & young people
When studying the concentrations of people aged 20 to 34, it emerges that the areas they prefer are the various parts of Nahlaot and the center of the city.
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."
Haredi extremists defy court orders, put up controversial modesty signs
Haredi extremists put the signs in question back up after the court ordered their removal, to the outrage of many female activists who deem the signs to be demeaning and wrong.
Toward a divided city?
The reinvention of Jewish space
Israel’s imminent emergence as the Jewish nation’s demographic center will revolutionize Jewish history.
Head of US Reform Movement rejects new Western Wall negotiations with PM
“Those negotiations led to a true compromise, and to start again and pretend that what has taken place hasn’t happened is naive,” said the rabbi.
Temech’s Jerusalem conference helps haredi women open small businesses
The conference was geared toward women who are running businesses or seeking to establish one.
Haredim ramp up attacks on police in Mea She’arim
Over the past four years, extremists have been waging a campaign of incitement against ultra-Orthodox men enlisting in the IDF in order to delegitimize and halt the growing number of such enlistees.
Unity is not about uniformity
A young Jewish leader’s vision on communal challenges.
Liberman praises IDF service by religious women, pans Orthodox dodgers
Israeli defense ministers says practice of permanent Torah study by Orthodox Jews at expense of army service, employment reflects "fake reality."