Haredi demographics

Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions

Kallner, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told 103FM that he does not think arresting yeshiva students is 'the right way.'

An Israeli soldier guard as young men gathered during a demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews against Israel's military draft on June 17, 2026 outside the Beit Lid military base in Kfar Yona, Israel. The conscription of young ultra-Orthodox men into the military, from which they were long exempt.
Avigdor Liberman speaks at a Knesset meeting during the first week of the Israeli Parliament's winter session, October 27, 2025

Equality requires universal draft, participation in economy and workforce, MK Liberman says

 HAREDI JEWS walk in the streets of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Coalition, opposition spar as preliminary vote on haredi daycare bill nears

 ULTRA-ORTHODOX men protest against the haredi draft, in Jerusalem last week.

A country at a crossroads: The issue of Haredi IDF service post-October 7 - analysis


The balanced policy:

The key to ultra-Orthodox integration

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a Bible as he protests against a monthly prayer session of the Women of the Wall group at the Western Wall, 2013

Ultra-Orthodox: 50 shades of black

It is incumbent on the non-ultra-Orthodox to reach out to the Haredim with wisdom, understanding and patience to gently encourage integrating their young people into modern life.

Haredi men hold on to their hats on a windy day in Jerusalem

Activists in Ashdod fight increased Shabbat restrictions

Ashdod is 20% Haredi, but members of that demographic hold over 30% of seats in the city's municipal council

Utra-orthodox men smoke cigarettes near the beach in Ashdod

Ultra-Orthodox and affirmative action: Justice and not charity

For the ultra-Orthodox sector and for us as a society, justice is not charity.

A haredi man embraces a youth from the Orthodox community who has joined the army

Haredi population tops one million

There is a record low in the poverty rate for the Haredi sector, having diminished from 58% in 2005, reflecting increased integration of Haredi men and women into the work force in recent years.

INCREASED INTEGRATION of Haredim into the workforce has resulted in a record-low poverty rate in the Haredi sector.

Haredi woman, 42, in Jerusalem gives birth to her 20th child

A 42-year-old ultra-Orthodox woman and grandmother from Jerusalem gave birth to her 20th child

Babies (Illustrative)

Petition for Haredi women representation in Haredi parties advances

Women do not have the ability to join as Haredi party members so they do not have the ability to hold formal office within the party or stand as candidates.

Haredi women vote in the 2013 elections.

New civil service recruits will be Haredi under new guidlines

Some seven percent of the workforce is Haredi, but although no hard statistics are available, it is thought that the representation of Haredim in the civil service is exceedingly low.

Haredi man in Jerusalem

Neighborhoods & young people

When studying the concentrations of people aged 20 to 34, it emerges that the areas they prefer are the various parts of Nahlaot and the center of the city.

'Street art' on Yoel Moshe Salomon Street in the center of Jerusalem

New IDF directorate established to increase numbers of haredi enlistees

“Whoever wants to learn Torah should continue to do so, we don’t want to carry out belligerent operations here, we want to help those interested in serving but who don’t have the right information."

IDF soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion are seen during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem