The deaths of soldiers are due to the evil of Hamas, not because they didn’t study Torah hard enoughRabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemed to connect lapses in religious learning to the deaths of five Charedi servicemen, but how could anyone know such a thing?By Rabbi Hayim Leiter3 min read
CharediFormer Israeli chief rabbi suggests IDF deaths are linked to ‘neglecting’ Torah studyRabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the influential spiritual leader of the Shas party, made the comments following the deaths of five soldiers from a strictly-Orthodox unitBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IDFCharedi journalist investigated after celebrating the deaths of Orthodox IDF soldiersIsrael Frey wrote on X that “the world is a better place” after the military confirmed the deaths of five members of a Charedi combat unitBy Canaan Lidor2 min read
VAT on independent schoolsFears for Jewish schools as parents lose legal challenge to Labour’s VAT tax raidThe High Court rejected the claim, brought by a number of children, parents and education providers, that the tax measures would violate human rights lawBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Israeli PoliticsNetanyahu avoids coalition collapse with last-minute Charedi draft dealThe 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 reservistsBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Israeli PoliticsNetanyahu coalition on the brink as key Charedi party to vote for Knesset dissolutionShas 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 studentsBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
charedimCharedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft lawOrthodox leaders have been enraged by the absence of an exemption for yeshiva students from military serviceBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Itamar Ben-Gvir attacked by anti-Zionist charedim in Beit ShemeshThe 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 slogansBy JC Reporter1 min read||May 15, 2025 14:21
School report: compromise over yeshivah regulation remains far-offProtests continue as proposals to regulate yeshivot advance in ParliamentBy Simon Rocker2 min read||March 26, 2025 17:13
‘I’m a hundred per cent Charedi and a proud soldier for the IDF’A new recruit of the Hasmonean Brigade for Israel’s strictly Orthodox community says he has no regretsBy Anonymous4 min read||March 24, 2025 16:19
Charedi man fights extradition to Israel by arguing that prison could be hit by Hamas rocketEfraim Grinfeld also told High Court that overcrowding in Israeli prisons would violate his rightsBy Simon Rocker2 min read||March 7, 2025 17:56
‘It could be a civil war’: can Israel persuade the Charedim to enlist?A long-standing internal conflict over military exemption for the strictly Orthodox has reached breaking pointBy Imogen Garfinkel7 min read||February 19, 2025 09:22
Charedi groups petition government over plans to regulate yeshivotGovernment’s new educational bill denounced as an ‘attack on fundamental rights’By Simon Rocker2 min read||February 12, 2025 17:03
New Golders Green eruv to go live this weekIt is intended to benefit strictly Orthodox families who do not currently use the existing eruv covering the areaBy Simon Rocker2 min read||February 10, 2025 16:23
Charedi Beth Din denounces Hackney councillor in get caseThe Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations called Conservative Councillor Benzion Paper an ‘offender’ in the eyes of Jewish lawBy Simon Rocker1 min read||February 10, 2025 10:19
‘We’re looking after each other’ through hostage trauma, says Rachel Riley on Orthodox community visitThe Countdown host said she’s thinking about the captives ‘every single day’By Imogen Garfinkel3 min read||January 28, 2025 10:43
