TelevisionShtisel reunited! The series is back on our screens – sort ofA spin-off of the Netflix hit set in Jerusalem’s Charedi community, Kugel is a prequel featuring Nukhem and his daughter Libbie. Israeli actors Sasson Gabai, Hadas Yaron and Mili Avital share how it feels to star in the television dramaBy Nicole Lampert6 min read
UKJFFThe Charedi leaver who is singing the Yiddishe bluesMusician Pini Brown left the Chasidic community three years ago. Now his story is the subject of an award-winning short which will be shown at the UKJFF next weekBy Hilary Freeman5 min read
IsraelPower struggle leaves Israel without chief rabbisPolitics, nepotism and the role of women have left the country's top rabbinical offices vacant for the first time in its historyBy Etgar Lefkovits2 min read
AdmissionsConservatives promise to revive out of school register planManifesto also pledges lifting of faith cap on free school entryBy Simon Rocker1 min read
WomenThe ‘Little Miss Chasid’ who revolutionised women’s educationSarah Schenirer, founder of the Beis Yaakov movement, showed that change was possible within Charedi societyBy Simon Rocker4 min read
Benjamin NetanyahuNetanyahu’s Charedi draft bill progresses through the KnessetOpposition figures have said the current bill does not go far enoughBy JC Reporter1 min read
yeshivotLet’s Talk Schools: what lies behind the yellow star protests?A bill to register children out of school is seen as a threat to Strictly Orthodox yeshivotBy Simon Rocker2 min read
Charedi campaigners protest against ‘cultural genocide’Defenders of traditional yeshivot return to Westminister to demonstrate against moves to register studentsBy Simon Rocker1 min read||April 26, 2024 12:22
Benny Gantz threatens to leave coalition if Charedi exemption law is passedThe new law allows the Strictly Orthodox community to avoid IDF service, unlike secular IsraelisBy JC Reporter2 min read||March 25, 2024 10:43
Yellow star protest against move to register yeshivah studentsCharedi activists demonstrate outside Parliament against new Private Member’s BillBy Simon Rocker1 min read||March 15, 2024 14:58
