Born into the heart of haredi Jerusalem, Sari Kroizer has built a religious and Israeli identity that refuses to stand apart.

If it passes, it will fortify the camp that rejects core civic values, magnify the burden on the military and the economy, and put the country's very survival in jeopardy Please note that the posts on ...

(RNS) — Those who are able to forgive their former community, their family and themselves show greater psychological gains in well-being, resilience and growth. (RNS) — People who leave tight-knit ...

new video loaded: Inside the Ultra-Orthodox Fight Against Israel’s Draft transcript For the first time in decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are being called to serve in the country’s military.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with Dr. Gilad Malach, a research fellow at the ...

Colombia says it has sent 26 members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor to the United States after determining that the rights of some of the children in the group are at risk. Authorities ...

Haredi demonstrators rioted in Beit Shemesh, blocking buses and throwing stones, as police units moved in to disperse the crowd. Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) activists protesting against the ongoing draft ...

Ahead of the legislative blitz in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Hamodia newspaper on Sunday morning published a report raising doubts as to whether the party will support the Draft ...

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men covered the entrance to Jerusalem in a sea of black Thursday to protest plans to draft them into the military, singing, clapping and holding signs saying they ...

An estimated 200,000 Ultra-Orthodox protesters converged on Jerusalem Thursday, opposing the country's military draft, resulting in dozens of injuries during confrontations with the police. Israel’s ...

Hundreds of thousands of haredi Orthodox Jewish men joined a mass protest in Jerusalem on Thursday to rail against the Israeli government’s efforts to enlist yeshiva students into the military. The ...