IDF‘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
CourtsCharedi 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
Charedi‘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
Schools billCharedi groups petition government over plans to regulate yeshivotGovernment’s new educational bill denounced as an ‘attack on fundamental rights’By Simon Rocker2 min read
Golders GreenNew 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
DivorceCharedi 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
Rachel Riley‘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
Board of Deputies keeps mum on yeshivah regulation controversyThe representative body says it will not be commenting on government’s new education proposalsBy Simon Rocker1 min read||January 21, 2025 14:18
Charedi leader calls government moves to regulate yeshivot ‘alarming’Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations leader pleads for new Schools Bill to leave religious institutions aloneBy Simon Rocker1 min read||January 14, 2025 18:04
Our yeshivahs should be legally protected, not unfairly targeted’Alarming’ new proposals to regulate religious institutions in Schools Bill are unnecessaryBy Rabbi Binyomin Stern2 min read||January 14, 2025 16:19
Charedi protesters denounce new Schools Bill as ‘persecution’Department for Education say Bill ‘does not prevent parents securing a faith-based education’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||January 8, 2025 17:27
The nerves and rituals of a Charedi wedding nightA strictly Orthodox wife looks back to the start of her married lifeBy Anonymous7 min read||January 8, 2025 17:27
Protest against UK yeshivah regulation staged in New YorkProposals to register children being taught outside school settings are due to be debated in Parliament on WednesdayBy Simon Rocker1 min read||January 8, 2025 11:23
Dozens of Charedi Israelis join IDF’s new Hasmonean BrigadeThe military hailed the enlistment as a ‘significant milestone’By JC Reporter1 min read||January 6, 2025 10:35
Council voices concern over yeshivah safeguarding checksHackney says it is aware of more than 1,500 children in out-of-school settings, most believed to be in strictly Orthodox institutionsBy Simon Rocker2 min read||December 27, 2024 11:27
New Schools Bill poses threat to traditional education, Charedi rabbi warnsThe government’s Bill would make it compulsory to register children being home-schooled or taught in institutions such as yeshivotBy Simon Rocker2 min read||December 17, 2024 13:07
