Children's Wellbeing and Schools BillFight to preserve yeshivah status quo could go to the courtsCharedi groups are resisting measures to regulate out-of-school institutions that are expected to win parliamentary assent soonBy Simon Rocker2 min read
IsraelCharedi draft bill shelved in favour of emergency defence budgetThe highly contentious bill, which threatened to bring down the government, will return to the Knesset after the war with IranBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Jewish schoolsCourt dismisses appeal over VAT on school fees involving Charedi boyAppeal Court told that tax policy could lead to collapse of small independent religious schoolsBy Simon Rocker1 min read
IsraelIsraeli city threatens closure of Charedi-owned shopping centre after alleged removal of ‘female symbols’The sect whose members own the outlet reportedly ordered shop owners to take down photos of female models, which the local government claimed was a ‘violation of the law’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read
IsraelCharedi rioters who chased female soldiers through the streets released by policeInvestigators confirmed that 26 suspects had been arrested during the unrest in Bnei Brak, but most have since been freed as only seven have been kept on house arrestBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelIDF chief condemns ‘intolerable reality’ after female soldiers chased by Charedi rioters in Bnei BrakThe pair were unarmed and visiting a member of their unit, but were reportedly mistaken for members of the military police enforcing draft ordersBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
IsraelAlmost a quarter of Israelis will be Charedi by 2050, new study findsThe Israel Democracy Institute’s report suggested that changing demographics and a lack of Charedi integration could cause a drop of 10 per cent in GDP per capitaBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Knesset advances key state budget law after Charedi parties back down from rebellion threatThe parliament will be dissolved and fresh elections called unless the budget bill is passed by the end of next monthBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||February 10, 2026 10:37
First Jewish school to receive new-style Ofsted report comes out wellStrictly Orthodox primary, Pardes House, is pleased with its evaluation under ‘challenging’ new frameworkBy Simon Rocker1 min read||February 4, 2026 13:17
Charedi draft bill to face Knesset votes following committee approvalThe coalition needs to pass the contentious legislation before the end of March, or it faces a rebellion over the state budget and a fresh round of electionsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 29, 2026 11:15
Coalition delays first reading of state budget amid Charedi draft rowThe vote was scheduled for Monday but has now been pushed back until later in the weekBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 26, 2026 10:51
High Court denies post-mortems in nursery baby death probeCharedi rioters have clashed with police in Jerusalem for a second day as they protest the alleged ‘desecration’ of the infants’ bodiesBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 21, 2026 10:59
Charedi teen killed in bus ramming during Jerusalem anti-enlistment protestCharedi politicians claimed that the death of Yosef Eisentahl, 14, was the result of anti-Orthodox ‘incitement’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||January 7, 2026 10:38
Shas threatens to vote down state budget unless Charedi draft bill passed firstNetanyahu’s coalition has until March 31 to reach a compromise with its Charedi partner or face being forced into fresh electionsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 5, 2026 13:44
Police injured in Jerusalem Charedi riotsConfrontations between officers and strictly-Orthodox demonstrators turned violent over the attempted arrests of several draft dodgersBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||December 19, 2025 14:14
Hundreds of Charedi Jews protest against IDF draft outside London embassyDemonstration by members of Strictly Orthodox community follows end to conscription exemption for full-time yeshiva students in IsraelBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||December 11, 2025 17:32
