Tag: ultra-Orthodox Jews

Study: Ultra-Orthodox only pay 4% of total national taxes, costing economy billions

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Despite constituting 14 percent of the working-age population, the ultra-Orthodox community generated only four percent of Israeli tax revenues in 2023, costing the government billions and adding thousands of shekels to the average non-Haredi worker’s annual tax burden, a study…[Continue Reading...]

Police investigate former chief rabbi Metzger on suspicion he molested teenage boy

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Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yona Metzger is being investigated by police after he was accused of molesting a boy under 16 years old, authorities said Tuesday, in the latest criminal allegation to embroil the disgraced religious leader. Metzger was called…[Continue Reading...]

IDF begins ‘proceedings’ against Haredi recruits who ignore draft orders, says they will face ‘criminal sanctions’

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The IDF says it has begun “proceedings” against members of the Haredi community who did not show up at induction centers after receiving draft orders. Those who did not show up after receiving multiple orders, “will be considered to be…[Continue Reading...]

Study examines ex-ultra-Orthodox use of social media to cope with their new path in life

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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...]

Israel issues more than 1,000 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox draft avoiders

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Israel’s military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service. Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb announced…[Continue Reading...]

I grew up as an ultra-Orthodox Jew – my kids no longer speak to me after I fled my abusive husband and left the community

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A woman who grew up in Hasidic Jewish community where she was taught her only goal should be to 'bear as many children as possible' has recounted her harrowing escape after she was 'sold' by her own parents to an…[Continue Reading...]

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