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

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef suggested that he would not join a minyan with Rabbi Tamir Granot over his views

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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

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

By Rabbi Hayim Leiter

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

3 min read

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

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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)

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Charedi journalist investigated after celebrating the deaths of Orthodox IDF soldiers

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

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)

Israeli Politics

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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

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Charedi parties threaten to force fresh elections over IDF draft law

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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‘I am a proud Jewish lesbian living in the heart of the strictly Orthodox community’

By Yehudis Fletcher

6 min read

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By Rabbi Hayim Leiter

The actions of a short-sighted few are endangering the practice of brit milah

If, outside Israel, the law is that a bris must be performed by a medical professional, then they are the only ones who can do it.

3 min read

May 16, 2025 17:10

A Charedi mohel performs a circumcision in Mea She'arim, Israel (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 15:21

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

Shtisel reunited! The series is back on our screens – sort of

A 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 drama

By Nicole Lampert

6 min read

February 27, 2025 12:03

Diamond days: Kugel's key characters, Nukhem (Sasson Gabai) and Libbie (Hadas Yaron)

The Charedi leaver who is singing the Yiddishe blues

Musician 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 week

By Hilary Freeman

5 min read

November 5, 2024 17:07