Haredim women

Most haredi IDF recruits had already left the community before enlisting - report

A new report shows most haredi men who enlist in the IDF had already left the ultra-Orthodox community, challenging claims that the army triggers their exit.

 A haredi man and an IDF soldier pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024
 NOAM IMBER (left) and OMER NUDELMAN in 'Matchmaking 2.'

Love, laughter, and high-stakes Haredi dating in 'Matchmaking 2' - review

 Haredi woman in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 25, 2024.

'Speak quietly': Ashdod rabbis call for restrictive rules for women on public transport

Turbo Digital Founder and CEO Shulamit Segal-Zlotsky.

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Support for female combat soldiers dependent on sector, study finds

Support for women combat soldiers is roughly the same between men and women.

IDF female combat soldiers.

Haredim are willing to contribute to society, but not at the expense of their identity - opinion

When presented with opportunities, haredim have risen to the occasion and demonstrated that they are not only capable but eager to participate in many aspects of Israeli society.

Ultra orthodox Jewish men who decided to join in the IDF following the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas arrive at the IDF recruiting offices in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, October 23, 2023.

Haredi girls lead the achievements of girls in Israel in mathematics, reading

The results are from the PISA test conducted last year, postponed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Ultra Orthodox girls go to their haredi school "Mishkenot Da'at" which is located on the premises of the secular "Language and Cultures" school, in Beit Shemesh, on September 8, 2014.

Thousands of haredi volunteers rally to aid Israel amidst conflict with Hamas

Chamal's activity is divided into three core divisions, each dedicated to addressing critical needs.

Haredi volunteers have shown up in their own way to be part of the war efforts against the Hamas terror organization

Israel must heed A-G on gender segregation, interior minister says

The letter approached a societal issue in Israel brought to the public eye on Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv.

 Jews pray while activists protest against gender segregation in the public space during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays, September 25, 2023.

Gender segregation in Bnei Brak is a good thing - opinion

Maybe you highly educated and discerning women could still learn a thing or two from the women of Bnei Brak, and from their approach to the institution of marriage.

 PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in Bnei Brak against the discrimination and exclusion of women, last week. ‘Stop wasting time on Bnei Brak,’ says the writer. ‘Look for those places where women are objectified, belittled, and betrayed.’

JCT aims to build largest college campus in Israel for religious women

The new Tal Campus will house faculties to teach religious women business, engineering, science and more.

 A rendering of what the project will look like once completed.

Israeli pharmacy returns images of women's faces to products in Bnei Brak

Last week, the branch located in a haredi area made headlines when it covered the faces of the models on boxes of hair dye with purple stickers.  

 Illustrative image of boxes of hair dye.

Chochmat Nashim: Making Israel's Orthodox women visible again

Shoshana Keats-Jaskoll came up with the idea of a Jewish Life Photo Bank to represent women in Jewish life in a positive way.

 Lighting Shabbat candles.

Is this Jerusalem's most sought-after school?

This state-run haredi girls school, Bnot, Yerushaliayim, is the most sought-after school in the city. * Part III in our series on education in Jerusalem.

 BNOT YERUSHALAYIM: New state option for haredi girls.

Grapevine February 1, 2023: A clenched fist

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Magen David Adom paramedic Fadi Dekidek.