Haredim & Hassidim

An annual quota of approximately 7,000 Haredim would be paid while learning in yeshiva for three years before serving in the IDF or doing...

Eli’s recordings of Jewish music opened a path for other observant Jewish musicians and vocalists, and created an entirely new genre.

For weeks there have been rumors around the Chief Rabbinate of a giant kosher slaughtering plant that imported to Israel carrion meat as kosher.

“This is the power of Judaism," the Diaspora Minister said, and a hundred thousand great rabbis of all the ages rolled in their graves.

The wording of Dayan Rosenberg's letter is most extraordinary in the Haredi community, where spiritual leaders refrain from publicly addressing sex offenses or similar issues and in rare cases do so only vaguely, using hints and code words.

The Women of the Wall are unhappy again. Yes, they can read from the Torah, but now that have no scroll. It was damaged by dampness, and WoW blames the government for lack of proper storage.

Mr. Hershkowitz, z'l was the founder of Tomche Shabbos.

Chabad Rabbi Hanoch Hecht came in second, competing on the popular 'Chopped' cable TV foodie show.

The child and his family were visiting relatives in the community for the Passover holiday.

Rabbi Sinai Halberstam issued a ruling to the volunteers of the United Hatzalah in the city that It is a mitzvah and absolute obligation to carry the weapons with them even on Shabbat and holidays as long as the threat of terrorism exists.

The united Haredi councils’ joint appeal endorsed the government commission’s recommendations.

Kulanu head Kahlon became 'kingmaker' in Israel, casting the deciding vote for PM Netanyahu to form the next government.

The governor related that one of his daughters had to give up her college-graduation ceremony because of the pandemic.

If you don’t get what's the problem here, try substituting "Arabs" or "Blacks" for Haredim.

Chassidic parents in Brooklyn have been complaining that yeshivas continue to operate in secret, and that parents are under "strong social pressure" to send their children there.

The community built 15 buildings including a shul and a yeshiva.

Mexico's president was polite when speaking with President Rivlin by phone but clear that his country is not likely to 'forgive and forget' so fast.

For the first time in more than a century a one-volume complete Orthodox prayer book is printed in Germany with all daily and holiday prayers in modern German translation.

“This will allow us to positively contribute to helping these couples build healthy new relationships and families in accordance with Halacha and the laws of the State of Israel."

About 9,000 Haredi couples get married each year in Israel, and their inability to come up with the down payment for their own home forces them to waste years worth of income on rent.

"Even the non-Jewish farmers admit it’s all in God’s hands. They may have a surprise, and a new crop may soon have beautiful, clean Esrogim."

The problems this yeshiva has had with vaccinating its students go back to 1981, when its principal was fined by New York City's Health Department for failing to insure that his students were properly immunized.

The young man could have been a Hasid, in which case he may have considered his uttering of the Shema to be part of his morning prayer.

Liberman is heard saying that when Leon is elected: "There will not be all the parades they do here, and the gay festivals."

Police prepared for the monthly event, and from a law-and-order perspective it made perfect sense.

Watch for free the best theatre in the world. After the Knesset passed a bill on first reading to require all Jews to service in the IDF, Haredi MKs tore their shirts in mourning. Act Two to follow.

Torah soldiers will earn the same as any other IDF recruit, NIS 2,463 ($720.26) per month.

The first three Israeli babies born in 5777 entered the world at Ma'aynei HaYeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak.

Everyone in Israel's political system other than Netanyahu only stands to lose from a fifth round.

The members of the Conservative, Reform, Women of the Wall, and other non-Orthodox groups tell the high court that, as is always the case in real estate, they can no longer accept the devaluation of their share in the ancient relic on account of reduced exposure to street traffic, or, you guessed it: location, location, location.