Haredi population in israel

'We have prayer, we are serving, we are dying': IDF reservists frustrated over haredi draft issue

“My unit has done five rounds. We have lost three guys - three were killed in an ambush last year. We have wounded. You should know that our company of 80 guys, the majority are now religious.”

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023.
Protests against haredi draft begins in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

'Poking a finger in whole country’s eye': Haredi anti-draft protests frustrate Jerusalemites

Many Israelis felt haredim should have to draft, but adaptations should be made to allow them to continue to live an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle while in the army.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox face arrest for draft evasion in IDF crackdown

Last month, the military announced that legal action was underway against draft candidates from the haredi community who failed to report for enlistment.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

338 haredim join IDF's special new tracks, compared to 10,000 summoned

Of the 338 new haredi draftees, 211 are in combat units, while 127 are in units to support combat units.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Ben-Gurion University Senate rejects proposal for gender separate ultra-Orthodox campus

MARCH 12, 2024ByPELED ARBELI
Ultra-Orthodox men wearing masks walk around the neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, April 12, 2020

Survey of haredi society shows a community inching toward the norm

In 2002, only about a third of haredi men, and just over half of haredi women, were employed. Those numbers surged between 2003 and 2015.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the main street in the Ultra orthodox town of Bnei Brak, on August 17, 2023.

Majority of Israeli haredim oppose draft despite the war

The survey found that 70% of the ultra-Orthodox have not changed their opinion regarding conscription since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas.

DECEMBER 6, 2023ByBROOKE SARAH BORDEN
Israeli soldiers and Ultra Orthodox Jews pray at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, November 28, 2023.

Thousands of haredi volunteers rally to aid Israel amidst conflict with Hamas

Chamal's activity is divided into three core divisions, each dedicated to addressing critical needs.

OCTOBER 24, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Haredi volunteers have shown up in their own way to be part of the war efforts against the Hamas terror organization

Gov't to transfer hundreds of millions in funds for haredi education

The plan seeks to transfer NIS 94 million for the sake of "Jewish culture", NIS 61 million to support yeshivas and their students, and NIS 32 million to boys' schools that don't teach core studies.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Thousands of haredi students are studying core curriculum subjects online.

Haredi integration should be encouraged, not questioned - opinion

The Central Bureau of Statistics reports an all-time high in employment among haredi men at 55.8% – surpassing last quarter’s record-breaking 55%.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ByCHAIM SUKENIK
The Central Bureau of Statistics reports an all-time high in employment among haredi men. These statistics should be cause for celebration, yet reactions remain polarized, says the writer. September 2023

Gallant: Service in IDF must remain a supreme value

IDF intelligence chief: Following intel. 'commandments' will avoid another surprise war.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
RESERVE SOLDIERS, veterans, and activists protest against the intention of some reservists to refuse to serve, as part of the protest against the planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv earlier this year.

Women required to sit in back of theater at 'family friendly' Israeli play

Rosh Ha'ayin residents said separate seating was done in the past, but it was left and right and not front and back.

MAY 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Seats in a theater.

Jerusalem Foundation to invest in haredi women, Arabs, LGBTQ youth in 2023

JFI's Innovation Fund was created in 2020 in an effort to combat the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

MARCH 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Muslala is a nonprofit organization established in 2009 by artists, residents, and community activists of the Muslala neighborhood in Jerusalem. Muslala and the Jerusalem International Fellows (pictured) have both benefited from the Innovation Fund’s helping hand.

First in Gush Dan: Home for haredi lone soldiers opens in Ramat Gan

The house, which is operated by the Netzah Yehuda organization, is the first of its kind in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Roi Barzilai, Deputy Mayor of Ramat Gan, Carmel Shama-HaCohen, Mayor of Ramat Gan attend the dedication ceremony of the first home for haredi lone soldiers in the Tel Aviv metro area on February 15, 2023.