In a lengthy interview with the ultra-Orthodox Kikar Hashabbat news site, the veteran Haredi politician — whose United Torah ...

"Without Torah students, we have no existence as a Jewish people. Without Torah students, the State of Israel cannot continue," Gafni commented, referring to the haredi draft law.

The Shas party announced Wednesday that all of its ministers would resign from the government due to the ongoing dispute over ...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition is on the verge of collapse after two ultra-Orthodox parties ...

Haredi leaders in the Diaspora urge caution over granting Israeli citizenship to children, advise parents to consult before ...

UTJ chairman and minister Yitzhak Goldknopf failed to provide a deadline for the re-negotiation of the haredi draft bill.

We must stop vilifying a community that represents the soul of our people for political purposes. And yes, we must see to it ...

A second ultra-Orthodox party quit the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, a day after a similar ...

Shas departs over failure to enshrine ultraorthodox military exemption but says it will not work to topple administration ...

All 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews eligible for military service will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026. The ...

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, according to Daniel Staetsky, a demographer with the London-based Institute ...