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...]
Dozens of extreme ultra-Orthodox rioters broke into the Tel Hashomer army base on Tuesday, protesting against draft orders that have been distributed to the sector. An illegal protest took place near the base, the Israel Defense Forces' main recruitment office,…[Continue Reading...]
Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch had to be rescued by Israel Police Tuesday night after hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters violently protested her appearance at the opening of an ultra-Orthodox school in the city. The protesters threw rocks, smashing her car…[Continue Reading...]
A former principal of an Australian ultra-Orthodox Jewish School has been jailed for 15 years for sexually abusing two students. Malka Leifer was in April found guilty of 18 sexual offences against sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper. They include…[Continue Reading...]
W hen the documentary film Name of the Father aired in Israel a few weeks ago, it led to dozens of phone calls from men and women who had suffered sexual abuse in a Charedi community — and spurred national…[Continue Reading...]
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