Haredim

End the haredi kingmaker era or watch the state unravel - opinion

Across the political spectrum, the public will not forget how the haredi political machine conducted itself during this war.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.
Israelis, bereaved families and politicians take part in a march in support of the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the IDF, from the entrance of Jerusalem to the Knesset, January 15, 2026.

The fascination with the haredi problem, and where it leads - analysis

MK Boaz Bismuth seen with Haredi MK's during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 14, 2026.

Haredi draft bill back on agenda ahead of Knesset dissolution vote

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the US wants allies who can defend themselves ‘so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength.’

Rubio says Roaring Lion is over, Haredim boycott Rami Levy over flights


Opposition leaders announce they will go through with Knesset dispersal vote

Despite public announcements that they would support the dispersal bill, haredi politicians were slightly more hesitant on Tuesday night as to whether they would follow through on their threat.

 (L-R) Opposition party heads Yair Golan, Avigdor Liberman, Benny Gantz, and Yair Lapid at the Knesset after the firing of former defense minister Yoav Gallant, November 6, 2024.

Over 50,000 draft orders to be sent to yeshiva students this July, A-G announces

The government has sent out draft orders to 24,000 out of the approximately 80,000 eligible haredi men.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft orders, in Bnei Brak, November 17, 2024

No more excuses: It's time for haredi Jews to serve in the IDF - editorial

Zionism is not a secular ideology to be shunned; it is the modern manifestation of a 2,000-year-old hope. What could be more Torah-true than helping defend Jewish life in the land of our ancestors?

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers

Leading rabbi to instruct ultra-Orthodox faction to exit Netanyahu's coalition

Haredi leader hints at coalition exit over IDF draft bill delays, potentially collapsing the government.

 Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, pictured in 2014.

Netanyahu's coalition removes all legislation again amid haredi boycott

The boycott is over the government’s delay in advancing a law that will likely exempt a majority of military-age haredi men from IDF service.

 Seats are overwhelmingly empty during a meeting of the Knesset plenum earlier this year.

A year of empty promises: Edelstein talks, but no draft law yet on haredi enlistment - opinion

MK Yuli Edelstein has spent a year holding talks on ultra-Orthodox enlistment without delivering a draft law, exposing a gap between his rhetoric and real progress.

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail  in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

Knesset c'mtee to discuss female soldiers' rights, haredi IDF integration

The session comes as the coalition moves forward with legislation that would regulate exemptions for haredi yeshiva students from mandatory military service.

 Female combat paramedic soldiers, September 24, 2024.

'We’ve crossed a red line': Haredi factions warn of government collapse

“We all enlist, we all fight, and we all sacrifice for the country and a better future,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared.

 An illustrative image of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Israeli Jews near a sign for an IDF recruiting office.

Stuart Hershkowitz: The man quietly transforming Jerusalem’s future

At the Table: Stuart Hershkowitz talks to us about his work, which consists of sitting on a myriad of boards, spanning education, philanthropy, community-building, and economic development.

 Stuart Hershkowitz with 'In Jerusalem' Editor Erica Schachne (C) and Noa Amouyal, at Hamigdal cafe at Jerusaem's Tower of David Museum.

Ultra-Orthodox party declares Knesset rebellion until draft bill passes

The announcement was made as an attempt to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to advance with a new bill to regulate haredi IDF service.

 Haredi men are seen protesting the effort to draft ultra-Orthodox Israelis into the IDF.