In a lengthy interview with the ultra-Orthodox Kikar Hashabbat news site, the veteran Haredi politician — whose United Torah ...

Council of Torah Sages decries 'persecution against yeshiva students,' instructs party representatives 'to immediately resign ...

As Israel’s ruling coalition fractures over the Haredi Draft bill, religious parties threaten to quit, and pressure mounts ...

The Sephardi haredi party Shas remained mum on Monday about whether or not it would join UTJ. The United Torah Judaism (UTJ) ...

Haredi leaders in the Diaspora urge caution over granting Israeli citizenship to children, advise parents to consult before ...

We must stop vilifying a community that represents the soul of our people for political purposes. And yes, we must see to it ...

A second ultra-Orthodox party quit the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, a day after a similar ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition is on the verge of collapse after two ultra-Orthodox parties ...

Not all haredi Jews, then or now, shared Reb Joel’s assessment of Zionism. But his view did encapsulate a fundamental aspect of the haredi view of secular politics: It is a temptation not to be ...

While Israeli Jews are subject to a mandatory draft at age 18 — and regular reserve duty for decades afterward — an exception is made for the growing number of haredi Orthodox Israelis, who ...

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, according to Daniel Staetsky, a demographer with the London-based Institute ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — In ordinary times, Moshe, a 38-year-old Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jewish Israeli, would be working while also focusing on his Torah studies. But after Hamas terrorists ...