Charedi

Netanyahu criticises detention of over 40 yeshiva students at Ben-Gurion Airport over draft evasion

The men had arrived back home from a year of religious study in New York

By Melanie Swan

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Charedi Jews rally against mandatory military conscription and the jailing of those who have failed to report for service outside military prison. There is no suggestion that anybody pictured has evaded military service or was among those detained at Ben Gurion (Photo: Getty)

The number of young men and women leaving the strictly Orthodox community in Israel is larger than previously estimated (Photo: Flash90)

Religion

More young Israeli Jews are leaving the Charedim than previously thought

By Melanie Swan

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Yaakov Asher MK speaks with Aryeh Deri MK during a Knesset vote on Charedi conscription on July 14, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli elections

Israel election: Who are the Charedi parties and what do they stand for?

By John Jeffay

4 min read

Charedi

Charedi ‘rioters’ prevent Israeli military police from arresting ‘draft dodger’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Rabbi Dov Lando attends a wedding in Bnei Brak, January 15, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

Charedi party’s spiritual leader claims Zionism ‘made Arabs hate us’ in resurfaced video

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Keenan David with two of his young students and Bob the punchbag (TheJC)

Jewish self-defence

Jew-Jitsu: The Krav Maga master teaching Stamford Hill’s strictly-Orthodox how to defend themselves

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

Supreme Court justices during a hearing on petitions against the law freezing arrests, investigations and enforcement measures against Charedi draft evaders on July 28, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down ‘unconstitutional’ freeze on arrests of Charedi draft dodgers

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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IDF posts then deletes AI video telling Charedi draft dodgers how to avoid being stopped at the border

The army said ‘does not reflect’ its approach to recruitment and broke its rules regarding pre-election content

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 27, 2026 15:56

Screenshot from a video posted by the IDF's Charedi Affairs account (X/DoronKadosh)

Financial sanctions against Charedi schools allowing draft dodgers to study expanded

Yeshivahs must confirm that no student who evaded military service, despite being legally obliged to serve, is studying there

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

August 25, 2026 11:28

Strictly Orthodox Jewish men protest the arrests of draft dodgers, near Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona in central Israel in June 2026 (Photo: AFP/Getty)

Strictly-Orthodox Shas party ordered to remove election ad featuring IDF soldier

The party was accused of breaking rules banning the use of images of security service personnel in campaign materials

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 24, 2026 12:21

Still image from the new Shas campaign ad (X/SamSokol)

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi given greater control over Shas party after ‘reconciliation’ with leader

Yitzhak Yosef and Aryeh Deri reportedly ‘ironed out their differences’ during a meeting, after which the rabbi appeared to soften his public stance on Charedi conscription

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

August 20, 2026 16:42

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 07, 2025 (Flash90)

By Rabbi Karmi Gross

The Orthodox will not only join the IDF in large numbers – they will influence it

My yeshivah provides Israel with a model for combining intensive Torah study with full military service

5 min read

August 18, 2026 16:16

Charedi entrepreneur mentorship programme raises £46m

More than 90 per cent of the businesses opened through the scheme lasted beyond their first year

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 7, 2026 16:31

Haredi men for illustration (Image: Getty Images)

Orthodox lawyer calls for rabbinic intervention as wig prices soar over £8,000

The Charedi community has also raised concerns over the rising cost of traditional fur shtreimels worn by some Chasidic men

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

August 5, 2026 11:48

An Orthodox Jewish woman shopping for wigs in Bnei Brak, Israel (Getty Images)

Charedi draft protests turn ugly as tax inspectors attacked in Bnei Brak

The unrest came despite the Knesset passing a bill this week freezing the arrest of draft dodgers

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

July 17, 2026 14:41

Charedi men block a road during a protest against the jailing of yeshivah students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order on Road 4, near Bnei Brak, on July 16, 2026 (Flash90)

Knesset restores Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over Kashrut certification

The bill was a key part of an unofficial pact between the coalition and the Charedi parties, assuring mutual support for key legislative priorities

By Arthur Popivker

1 min read

July 16, 2026 14:57

A Charedi man stands outside the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem on October 31, 2024 (Flash90)

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Charedi

Netanyahu criticises detention of over 40 yeshiva students at Ben-Gurion Airport over draft evasion

More young Israeli Jews are leaving the Charedim than previously thought

Israel election: Who are the Charedi parties and what do they stand for?

Charedi ‘rioters’ prevent Israeli military police from arresting ‘draft dodger’

Charedi party’s spiritual leader claims Zionism ‘made Arabs hate us’ in resurfaced video

Jew-Jitsu: The Krav Maga master teaching Stamford Hill’s strictly-Orthodox how to defend themselves

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down ‘unconstitutional’ freeze on arrests of Charedi draft dodgers

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