GatesheadGateshead welcomes its new RavRav Yisroel Mantel has been inaugurated in his new role as head of the north-east Charedi communityBy Simon Rocker1 min read
IsraelNetanyahu condemns Charedi rioters over attack on Supreme Court justice's homeStriclty-Orthodox men smashed the windows of Judge Noam Sohlberg’s West Bank home while he and his wife and children were inside amid violent protests about the enforcement of conscription on yeshiva studentsBy JC Reporter2 min read
CharediCharedi mob tries to storm police station after ‘deserter’ arrestDemocrats leader Yair Golan blamed Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘policy of evasion’ around the highly charged issue of Charedi conscriptionBy Lianne Kolirin 1 min read
Children's Wellbeing and Schools BillPeer’s passionate defence of Charedi educationLord Marks appeals for understanding after passing of new law that will introduce regulation of yeshivotBy Simon Rocker2 min read
Israeli PoliticsSpiritual leader of Charedi faction orders MKs to take steps to dissolve KnessetRabbi Dov Lando indicated a final split with the Netanyahu coalition as he called on lawmakers to force early elections amid the long-running row over yeshiva conscriptionBy Melanie Swan1 min read
IsraelLag B’Omer chaos as Charedim break police blockade at Mount MeronThe latest unrest among the strictly-Orthodox community came after a disappointing IDF recruitment drive and continuing disputes over conscription from yeshivotBy Melanie Swan1 min read
Children's Wellbeing and Schools BillThe Schools Bill debate: ‘Yeshivot will not be classified as schools’New regulations should recognise the distinctive character of yeshivot and not adopt a one-size-fits-all approachBy Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag3 min read
Court rejects bid to extend free school meals to Charedi independent schoolsJudge said parents had choice to send children to Jewish state schoolsBy Simon Rocker2 min read||March 31, 2026 15:45
In a nation at war, the battle over draft exemption for Charedi men has only been delayedOne of the most heated issues in Israeli society is set to return as a pivotal question in the election later this yearBy Natalie Lisbona5 min read||March 17, 2026 11:00
Fight 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||March 11, 2026 16:45
Charedi 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||March 11, 2026 10:54
Court 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||March 3, 2026 13:29
Israeli 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||February 17, 2026 14:13
Charedi 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||February 17, 2026 11:50
IDF 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||February 16, 2026 14:55
Almost 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||February 12, 2026 06:24
