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
CharedimCharedi campaigners protest against ‘cultural genocide’Defenders of traditional yeshivot return to Westminister to demonstrate against moves to register studentsBy Simon Rocker1 min read
IDFBenny 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
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