Yeshiva students
Israel Police says 143 draft evaders were released as IDF failed to meet detention deadlines
A document from the Attorney-General's Office revealed gaps in draft enforcement, including a postponement of an arrest operation and unclear criteria for releasing draft evaders at border crossings.
Torah MiTzion marks 30 years of strengthening ties between Israel, Diaspora Jewry
Argentine President Javier Milei dances with yeshiva students after receiving Lover of Israel prize
25,000 seminary girls recruited to fund haredi yeshivas amid draft crisis - report
Why Israel’s Arab-Jewish coexistence is stronger than its racists - opinion
A hospital visit offered hope for Arab-Jewish coexistence. A light rail encounter revealed how much hatred still threatens it.
Netanyahu warns that an attack from Tehran would be 'one of their last decisions'
Netanyahu made his remarks during an event at a Sderot hesder yeshiva, with N12 News reporting that some of the students began to sing anti-Palestinian songs in front of the prime minister.
Smotrich calls on Netanyahu to conquer Gaza under military rule, re-establish settlements
"There is no one in the world who will do the work for us. There is no country in the world that will send its soldiers to shed their blood and forcibly disarm Hamas," he told the students.
Petition seeks to block yeshiva project for foreign students on east Jerusalem public land
The petitioners also asked the court, sitting as an Administrative Affairs Court, to freeze the plan while it considers their challenge.
Knesset passes contentious haredi-backed bill to enshrine Torah study in Israel's Basic Law
The haredi-backed Basic Law passed its final Knesset votes after weeks of coalition tensions and warnings that it could encourage draft evasion.
Israel's hysterical Torah study bill will backfire on the ultra-Orthodox - opinion
What’s really happening is a payoff to the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) political parties, against the will of an overwhelming majority of Israelis and in direct defiance of the Supreme Court.
Laundering human capital: The reckless amnesty bills and their debasement of the Torah - opinion
Under the guise of concern for the world of Torah, two bills are on the table: the Basic Law: Torah Study on the one side, and the Law of Exemption from Arrests on the other.
Israel cannot afford Netanyahu’s capitulation to haredi demands - editorial
Netanyahu is echoing false claims about arrests in yeshivas while ignoring practical proposals that could increase haredi enlistment.
Equality NGO Forum Dvorah slams hesder yeshivot boycott over women's integration in tank units
Forum Dvorah, an Israeli women's rights NGO, criticized hesder yeshivot for boycotting the IDF Armored Corps over a pilot program involving women tank units.
Editor's Notes: High Court ruling on women in tanks deepens religious divide in IDF - comment
Women who made history in tanks on Oct. 7 fought in all-female crews. Both camps in the Armored Corps dispute should be claiming that morning as a victory. Instead, both pretend it never happened.
