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JPost.com - Christian World - 08:49 Sep 26, 2025
Moldova’s Orthodox clergy, after all-expenses-paid pilgrimages to Russia, spread anti-Western messages online, influencing the country’s pivotal elections with Russian backing.
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Haaretz - 14:37 Sep 21, 2025
Student unions from Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion called on other universities to join them in boycotting the start of the academic year. Students who have completed hundreds of days of reserve duty feel that the ultra-Orthodox exemption tells them 'there are those who are equal and those who are more equal' -
Haaretz - 17:23 Aug 20, 2025
Following the Israeli army's launch of an arrest operation against yeshiva students who evade conscription, ultra-Orthodox factions responded by announcing a 'determined struggle' against the arrests. Around a dozen yeshiva students have been arrested so far -
Haaretz - 21:44 Aug 19, 2025
Over 80 Orthodox rabbis urge Israel to address Gaza humanitarian situation, condemn settler violence
Led by former president of Religious Zionists of America Yosef Blau, the petition was signed by Orthodox rabbis from across the political spectrum. 'Unfortunately in Israel, very few Religious Zionist rabbis are willing to criticize that which comes from within the community' -
Haaretz - 08:54 Aug 17, 2025
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, son of late Shas leader Ovadia Yosef, said Netanyahu 'betrayed the Haredim in 2013' and warned ultra-Orthodox lawmakers they cannot rely on him to pass the IDF draft exemption law for yeshiva students -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 02:45 Aug 12, 2025
Even missile sirens and a 12-day conflict with Iran could not stop the Jerusalem College of Technology’s biggest hackathon from producing real-world defense and tech solutions.
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Haaretz - 00:50 Jul 28, 2025
It's easier to persuade a man to avoid a war than to earn a living for his family. If we create a culture of work, livelihood and taxpaying, if the labor participation by ultra-Orthodox men rises, it will have a significant economic impact -
Haaretz - 03:00 Jul 23, 2025
The timing of Yuli Edelstein's ouster from the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee surprised many, but Netanyahu is signaling to the ultra-Orthodox parties that he is working hard for them. Most of all, he's learned the lessons of the past: Don't give up power, no matter what -
Haaretz - 11:53 Jul 16, 2025
While ultra-Orthodox rabbis want to go to the polls immediately over Netanyahu's failure to deliver on Haredi draft exemption, party leaders are more prudent and not in a rush to overthrow the government. Despite their demonstrative anger, ultra-Orthodox politicians remain loyal to the governing coalition, their ally for decades -
Haaretz - 17:33 Jul 14, 2025
Degel Hatorah, the Lithuanian faction of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, decided to leave in response to the government not advancing a bill to exempt ultra-Orthodox from IDF service. Agudat Yisrael followed suit later on Monday night -
Haaretz - 17:15 Jul 06, 2025
Until now, the Israeli army has refrained from actively arresting Haredi draft dodgers, a move considered a red line for ultra-Orthodox parties. Military officials cautioned that a 'bottleneck' is expected in military prisons once arrests begin -
Haaretz - 18:17 Jul 03, 2025
Recent studies show that some 15 percent of children born to Haredi families in Israel don't maintain an ultra-Orthodox way of life as adults. But instead of severing ties with them, the Haredi world is beginning to adopt a new approach to a phenomenon -
Haaretz - 11:08 Jul 02, 2025
Citing continued delays in advancing an IDF draft exemption bill for yeshiva students, the Knesset's ultra-Orthodox factions have intensified their opposition to private member bills sponsored by Netanyahu's coalition, forcing the withdrawal of several bills -
Haaretz - 09:26 Jul 02, 2025
The suspect, who led a prominent ultra-Orthodox organization in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak, fled the country before the war with Iran and was arrested at the airport upon his return. His victims recount longstanding abuse and refusal by police to investigate -
Haaretz - 13:46 May 08, 2025
Degel HaTorah's spiritual leader hinted this week the government could fall, as senior Haredi figures held quiet talks with former PM Naftali Bennett. A tougher draft bill and new IDF orders to conscript tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men are intensifying pressure to leave the coalition -
Haaretz - 10:04 Apr 17, 2025
Elections for the World Zionist Congress show that the ultra-Orthodox can, and will, fall in line. Here's how Israel can learn to do the same -
Haaretz - 12:45 Apr 01, 2025
The Interior Ministry recently drafted new criteria for approving citizenship requests from Jews by choice converted in Israel outside the state-sanctioned Orthodox system. They are so draconian, immigrant advocates charge, that it is virtually impossible to fulfill them -
Haaretz - 18:26 Mar 27, 2025
Rabbi Yosef Blau, a prominent U.S. Orthodox figure, has surprised his peers by agreeing to speak at a first-of-its-kind gathering of religious peaceniks in New York. In an interview, the 86-year-old says that right-wing Diaspora Jews defending Israel 'don't know what's going on' -
Haaretz - 19:27 Mar 24, 2025
The Israeli prime minister spoke with two leading rabbis and convinced them to defer their ultimatum that a law be passed exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service -
Haaretz - 20:51 Jan 22, 2025
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon said in a Knesset committee that the Defense Ministry's plan to conscript ultra-Orthodox draft-age men falls short of IDF requirements