"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 wily politician that he is, Netanyahu will survive all attempts to dislodge his minority government and call for ...

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

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Abandoning it risks alienating their base, yet standing firm could bring down the government best positioned to achieve their ...

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

Taragin’s volume is not a conventional academic history of his mentor. Rather, it offers a compendium of warm and wise ...

The government, which enjoyed a comfortable 67-seat majority, is now reduced to a minority of 50 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. By JNS staff The Shas Party announced on Wednesday that it would leave ...

Two key ultra-Orthodox parties of the Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition have quit over the issue of military conscription. The matter has become increasingly contentious during the country’s prolonged wa ...

MK Moshe Gafni dodges question on whether haredim not studying Torah should be drafted into the IDF, emphasizes United Torah ...

Following Shas and United Torah Judaism's withdrawal from the government, Likud ministers are requesting upgraded roles, ...

Council of Torah Sages decries 'persecution against yeshiva students,' instructs party representatives 'to immediately resign ...