News
NEW YORK — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ...
1d
The Times of Israel on MSNUltra-Orthodox parties said to threaten new boycott until army exemptions legislatedCoalition factions reportedly warn they will stop backing private member bills unless their demand for broad community ...
Twenty-four members of the Jewish community in Tehran and Shiraz remain in prison as of Sunday after being arrested along ...
Haredi parties express anger over stalled Draft Law negotiations, warn voting boycott will continue until breakthrough is reached.
5d
The Times of Israel on MSNSenior Haredi lawmaker: ‘I don’t understand what we are fighting for in Gaza’Right-wing lawmakers assail Moshe Gafni, whose party has threatened to bolt Netanyahu's coalition if it does not pass a law ...
3d
The Times of Israel on MSNGovernment plan for restored synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City fuels fear of Haredi takeoverUltra-Orthodox, Religious Zionist factions clash over management of rebuilt Tiferet Yisrael; critics fear site will be closed ...
The Haredi world’s disregard for Zionism originates in its opposition to the movement’s secular orientation and the belief that Jewish nationhood could only be achieved through the Messiah.
Haredi Jews (the word comes from the Hebrew word “hared,” meaning “to tremble”) have erected strong and seemingly impregnable barriers to any outside influence.
While Israeli Jews are subject to a mandatory draft at age 18 — and regular reserve duty for decades afterward — an exception is made for the growing number of haredi Orthodox Israelis, who ...
Hosted on MSN7mon
Thousands are flocking to the grave of a Haredi leader. His former aide says he’d hate it - MSNThis week, thousands of Haredi Jews are making a pilgrimage to the gravesite of Rabbi Elazar Shach to mark the 23rd anniversary of his death on the 16th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. But if ...
A Haredi Jewish soldier is kissed his family member after attending a swearing-in ceremony in the IDF Nahal Haredi unit, May 26, 2012. The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee ...
No more excuses: It's time for haredi Jews to serve in the IDF - editorial Zionism is not a secular ideology to be shunned; it is the modern manifestation of a 2,000-year-old hope.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results