The faction accused the prime minister of breaking his promises about the new law set to conscript yeshiva students
By Jacob Jaffa
By Rabbi Hayim Leiter
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemed to connect lapses in religious learning to the deaths of five Charedi servicemen, but how could anyone know such a thing?
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the influential spiritual leader of the Shas party, made the comments following the deaths of five soldiers from a strictly-Orthodox unit
Israel Frey wrote on X that “the world is a better place” after the military confirmed the deaths of five members of a Charedi combat unit
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The High Court rejected the claim, brought by a number of children, parents and education providers, that the tax measures would violate human rights law
The prime minister’s position is safe for now, but the concessions given up to keep coalition partners onside have sparked a fresh row with IDF reservists
Shas has confirmed it will back the motion to end the current parliamentary term on Wednesday, forcing fresh elections, in a row over IDF conscription for yeshiva students
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Orthodox leaders have been enraged by the absence of an exemption for yeshiva students from military service
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The far-right national security minister and his wife, Ayala, were reportedly assaulted by a group of Orthodox men who called him a ‘murderer’ and shouted anti-conscription slogans
By JC Reporter
Protests continue as proposals to regulate yeshivot advance in Parliament
By Simon Rocker
A new recruit of the Hasmonean Brigade for Israel’s strictly Orthodox community says he has no regrets
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Efraim Grinfeld also told High Court that overcrowding in Israeli prisons would violate his rights
A long-standing internal conflict over military exemption for the strictly Orthodox has reached breaking point
By Imogen Garfinkel
Government’s new educational bill denounced as an ‘attack on fundamental rights’
It is intended to benefit strictly Orthodox families who do not currently use the existing eruv covering the area
The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations called Conservative Councillor Benzion Paper an ‘offender’ in the eyes of Jewish law
