Haredim women

Most haredi IDF recruits had already left the community before enlisting - report

A new report shows most haredi men who enlist in the IDF had already left the ultra-Orthodox community, challenging claims that the army triggers their exit.

 A haredi man and an IDF soldier pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024
 NOAM IMBER (left) and OMER NUDELMAN in 'Matchmaking 2.'

Love, laughter, and high-stakes Haredi dating in 'Matchmaking 2' - review

 Haredi woman in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 25, 2024.

'Speak quietly': Ashdod rabbis call for restrictive rules for women on public transport

Turbo Digital Founder and CEO Shulamit Segal-Zlotsky.

Amid global turbulence, Shulamit Segal-Zlotsky is revolutionizing fundraising for NGOs


Grapevine February 1, 2023: A clenched fist

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Magen David Adom paramedic Fadi Dekidek.

Israel could make haredi seminary girls unlicensed, untrained therapists - opinion

No sane person would trust a doctor who took a crash course to perform open heart surgery on a loved one, so why would anyone trust a therapist with a CliffsNotes education?

 THE WRITER speaks about child sexual abuse prevention, at an Amudim gathering in Hashmonaim.

Across the world, women are being denied medical care due to their 'virginity'

After women in the United Kingdom were denied routine medical procedures for not having sexual relations prior, The Jerusalem Post further explored global instances of withholding critical care.

 A gynecologist performs an ultrasound scan at Robert Karoly Private Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019.

Israel must legalize gender segregation, Orthodox parties demand

Religious Zionist Party and United Torah Judaism demand to allow segregated events, services and studies for the haredi and Orthodox public.

 A curtain to separate between men and women during shopping, hang on the wall of a fish shop in downtown Jerusalem

Israel is facing a ticking bomb: Haredi unemployment

How will the unemployment rates within the Haredi community impact Israel's future?

 ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men and children in Netanya.

Haredi rebbetzin tells women to wear makeup, heels to bring in votes

In a screenshot circulating online, a haredi woman calls on women to wear Shabbat clothing when going to vote to bring in more male votes for UTJ.

 Ultra orthodox Jews seen at the Torah Judaism party headquarters in Bnei Brak, during the Knesset Elections, on November 1, 2022.

Esty Shushan: Israeli feminist, liberal haredi woman fighting for change

Esty Shushan is a symbol of tensions within an ultra-Orthodox community that is slowly evolving but uncomfortable with change.

 Esty Shushan on September 21, 2022, at 1868 restaurant

Israel has forgotten what normality is - Haredi Meretz candidate Kaplan

"There is nothing on the Meretz platform that a haredi person, that a person who has 'yirat shamayaim', fear of heaven [cannot support]."

  Haredi Meretz candidate Ofra Kaplan/

Female haredi filmmakers create VR tour of Auschwitz for students

Three female haredi film-makers launched a technological movie that gives Israelis from all backgrounds an opportunity to feel as if they have visited Auschwitz without leaving the country.

 Israel Goldwasser, an ultra-Orthodox tour guide for Poland.

How haredi women are filling the hi-tech talent void while keeping their values

Women from the ultra-orthodox sector are becoming increasingly present in the hi-tech community; and while the process of integration may be a little bumpy, there is room for these workers to thrive.

 Rebecca Hamelsdorf, Placer.ai.