Charedi

Yeshiva students co-opt hostage symbols for anti-conscription protest

Hundreds of young Charedi boys gathered outside a West Bank detention facility in wearing yellow hats bearing the slogan ‘bring him back to yeshiva’

By Jacob Jaffa

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Yeshiva students protest the detention of Ariel Shamai on October 27, 2025 (Image: X)

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 07, 2025 (Flash90)

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Former chief rabbi of Israel calls father of fallen IDF soldier a ‘heretic’ in Charedi conscription row

By Jacob Jaffa

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Meet the ‘Zoo Rabbi’ on a mission to explain Judaism through wildlife

By Simon Rocker

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The Charity Commision is investigating 105 charities believed to have issued and cashed cheques to a value of £22 million

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Ten further Orthodox Jewish charities named by regulator investigating cashed cheques worth £22m

By Katie Grant

1 min read

The group of Charedi Jews dismantled the cross to use the stones for their own symbol (Image: Facebook/ Rob Williams)

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Anger after Jewish teenagers dismantle giant stone cross and turn it into Star of David

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Hackney has the lowest childhood MMR vaccination rate in the UK (Photo: Getty)

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Hackney is battling a measles outbreak. Why aren’t Charedi families vaccinating their children?

By Peter Carlyon

5 min read

The United Torah Judaism party has confirmed its withdrawal from the governing coalition amid a row over the conscription of yeshiva students (Pictured: UTJ leader Yitzchak Goldknopf; Image: Getty)

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Netanyahu coalition facing collapse following UTJ withdrawal

By Jacob Jaffa

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The deaths of soldiers are due to the evil of Hamas, not because they didn’t study Torah hard enough

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?

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July 11, 2025 13:27

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemed to connect lapses in religious learning to the deaths of five Charedi servicemen (Image: Flash90)

Former Israeli chief rabbi suggests IDF deaths are linked to ‘neglecting’ Torah study

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

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 11, 2025 10:09

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemingly suggested that the deaths of five Charedi soldiers were related to a 'neglect' of Torah study (Image: Flash90)

Charedi journalist investigated after celebrating the deaths of Orthodox IDF soldiers

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

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

July 9, 2025 13:47

Charedi journalist Israel Frey is under investigation after celebrating the deaths of five soldiers from a strictly-Orthodox IDF unit, the National Security Ministry has confirmed (Image: Flash90)

Fears for Jewish schools as parents lose legal challenge to Labour’s VAT tax raid

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 13, 2025 10:29

The High Court has ruled against a legal challenge against the government's imposition of VAT on private schools (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu avoids coalition collapse with last-minute Charedi draft deal

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 12, 2025 13:48

Benjamin Netanyahu successfully staved off fresh elections after brokering a compromise with the Charedi parties in the coalition (Image: Flash90)

Netanyahu coalition on the brink as key Charedi party to vote for Knesset dissolution

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 9, 2025 14:31

The Shas party has confirmed it will vote to dissolve the Knesset in a row over Charedi enlistment in the IDF (Pictured: Shas leader Aryeh Deri; Image: Flash90)

Charedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft law

Orthodox leaders have been enraged by the absence of an exemption for yeshiva students from military service

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 4, 2025 14:41

United Torah Judaism chair Yitzchak Goldknopf is reportedly pushing to a bill to dissolve the Knesset over the Charedi draft law (Image: Flash90)

Itamar Ben-Gvir attacked by anti-Zionist charedim in Beit Shemesh

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

1 min read

May 15, 2025 14:21

Far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been attacked by a group of anti-Zionist charedim while visiting Beit Shemesh (Image: X/@JFeedIsraelNews)

School report: compromise over yeshivah regulation remains far-off

Protests continue as proposals to regulate yeshivot advance in Parliament

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

March 26, 2025 17:13

Charedi protesters gather in Westminster to oppose the regulation of yeshivot

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Charedi

Yeshiva students co-opt hostage symbols for anti-conscription protest

Former chief rabbi of Israel calls father of fallen IDF soldier a ‘heretic’ in Charedi conscription row

Meet the ‘Zoo Rabbi’ on a mission to explain Judaism through wildlife

Ten further Orthodox Jewish charities named by regulator investigating cashed cheques worth £22m

Anger after Jewish teenagers dismantle giant stone cross and turn it into Star of David

Hackney is battling a measles outbreak. Why aren’t Charedi families vaccinating their children?

Netanyahu coalition facing collapse following UTJ withdrawal

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