The High Court of Justice on Friday gave the state until the end of January to explain what steps it was taking to maximize Haredi enlistment to the Israel Defense Forces and to penalize draft dodgers. The instruction came in…[Continue Reading...]
Ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) who decide to leave the community and disaffiliate are at a stressful crossroads in their life. Many leave close-knit communities for an initially lonely path in a world they may not be very familiar with. One of…[Continue Reading...]
New York Jewish Week, via JTA — A haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, leader once joked to me that “few people leave Orthodoxy, but every one of them writes a book about it.” It was a sardonic comment about popular works by…[Continue Reading...]
Around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, Brooklyn-based activist Adina Sash received a phone call she had long awaited: Malky Berkowitz, 29, a fellow Orthodox woman, had finally received a “get,” or Jewish divorce contract. For Sash, better known on Instagram as…[Continue Reading...]
NEW YORK — Chanting “Shame on you, Israeli government,” some 2,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews from upstate and New York City protested Thursday evening in front of the Consulate General of Israel on Second Avenue in Manhattan in opposition to Israel’s war…[Continue Reading...]
One morning in early August, members of the Yaar Ramot Community in Jerusalem woke up to find fliers with the words 'Do not be silent!' hung in the area surrounding their synagogue, Kehilat Yaar Ramot. These posters, addressed directly to…[Continue Reading...]
Several thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked a major intersection in central Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against efforts to force them to enlist in the Israeli military like their secular compatriots. There were simultaneous disturbances in other parts of the city,…[Continue Reading...]
The Israeli army revealed on 21 August that only about 70 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men reported to military induction centers since Tel Aviv issued the first batch of draft orders to the Haredi sector last month in a bid to overcome…[Continue Reading...]
One day last month, Judith Rotem attended the circumcision ceremony of one of her many great-grandchildren. The newborn is from the Haredi side of the family, the grandson of her only son, who chose to remain in the Haredi –…[Continue Reading...]
In Israel, the ultra-Orthodox, who strictly observe Jewish law, are currently about 13% of Israel’s population, although their numbers are growing due to a high birthrate. At the same time, a growing number of ultra-Orthodox youth are opting out of…[Continue Reading...]
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