Haredim women

Bnei Brak set to become Israel's first city with gender-segregated streets, municipality announces

The municipality issued a statement in response to the report, saying that the decision came after a letter from the city's rabbis, while it also said that it could be further expanded in the future.

Ladies in Bnei Brak watching as the men leave to protest outsidem of Military Prison 10 on June 24, 2026.
The rate of young Haredim in tech has tripled

The rate of young Haredim in tech has tripled

MDA operates 653 motorcycles

MDA expands Jerusalem emergency response with 22 new haredi female medics

 A haredi man and an IDF soldier pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024

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


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.

Israel could make haredi seminary girls unlicensed, untrained therapists - opinion

No sane person would trust a doctor who took a crash course to perform open heart surgery on a loved one, so why would anyone trust a therapist with a CliffsNotes education?

 THE WRITER speaks about child sexual abuse prevention, at an Amudim gathering in Hashmonaim.

Across the world, women are being denied medical care due to their 'virginity'

After women in the United Kingdom were denied routine medical procedures for not having sexual relations prior, The Jerusalem Post further explored global instances of withholding critical care.

 A gynecologist performs an ultrasound scan at Robert Karoly Private Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019.

Israel must legalize gender segregation, Orthodox parties demand

Religious Zionist Party and United Torah Judaism demand to allow segregated events, services and studies for the haredi and Orthodox public.

 A curtain to separate between men and women during shopping, hang on the wall of a fish shop in downtown Jerusalem

Israel is facing a ticking bomb: Haredi unemployment

How will the unemployment rates within the Haredi community impact Israel's future?

 ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men and children in Netanya.

Haredi rebbetzin tells women to wear makeup, heels to bring in votes

In a screenshot circulating online, a haredi woman calls on women to wear Shabbat clothing when going to vote to bring in more male votes for UTJ.

 Ultra orthodox Jews seen at the Torah Judaism party headquarters in Bnei Brak, during the Knesset Elections, on November 1, 2022.

Esty Shushan: Israeli feminist, liberal haredi woman fighting for change

Esty Shushan is a symbol of tensions within an ultra-Orthodox community that is slowly evolving but uncomfortable with change.

 Esty Shushan on September 21, 2022, at 1868 restaurant