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'Some days I wear a head covering, some days a bikini': the ultra-Orthodox influencer who defied expectations

What are the odds that a rabbi’s daughter raised in an ultra-Orthodox home would leave religion, date non-Jewish men and ultimately marry her father’s student? This is the story of Iska Hajeje, who candidly shares her complex life with tens of thousands of followers

Galit Hareli | 04.17.26

'Corrupting our children': Bnei Brak moves to shut vending machines after 10 p.m.

Ultra-Orthodox city extends late-night food restrictions to snack and drink machines after officials say they have become gathering spots for youths, drawing complaints of noise, cigarette sales and what backers call 'spiritual harm'

Shilo Freid | 04.14.26

IDF warns of 'critical' troop shortage as lawmakers push to extend mandatory service

At a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee session, an IDF manpower chief warned the need for combat soldiers is 'critical' and unsustainable, as lawmakers advance extending service, expanding Haredi exemptions and a reserve bill, with a shortfall of about 8,000 fighters

Amir Ettinger | 04.10.26

She was 22, he was 12: The secular student and Haredi teacher who built a life together

He was a troubled student from a difficult background, she was his Haredi teacher who took him on as a personal mission — seven years later, he proposed, beginning the remarkable love story of Vered and Baruch Armayev

Miri Ben-David Livi | 04.07.26

Haredi Hasmonean Brigade soldiers balance Torah study and combat in Lebanon

Haredi soldiers in the IDF’s Hasmonean Brigade face their first combat in southern Lebanon, balancing training and Torah study; 'You learn a page of Gemara, then go on guard duty,' a fighter says

Shilo Freid | 03.17.26

מיצג מחאה במודיעין עלית המשווה את בחורי הישיבה העצורים בגלל עריקות לחטופים

Outrage as Haredi protesters set up ‘Hostages Square’ for detained draft dodgers

In Modiin Illit, activists protesting arrest of ultra-Orthodox men who failed to report for military service erect 'Hostages Square' modeled on Tel Aviv’s plaza for Gaza captives, adopting hostage-family symbols

Shilo Freid | 02.26.26

שמחה גרינבויים ומנחם קיין שרכשו את קניון ערד

Mayor warns ultra-Orthodox mall owners against undermining city’s secular identity

After Ger Hasidic businessmen bought Arad’s main shopping center, tenants say they were asked to remove images of women and adopt stricter modesty standards; officials call it illegal discrimination and an attempt to reshape the largely secular city

Ilana Curiel | 02.16.26

Watch: Police rescue female soldiers from Haredi mob in Bnei Brak

Two soldiers on welfare duty mistaken for draft officers, sparking clashes in ultra-Orthodox city; police evacuate them as protesters overturn a patrol car and burn a motorcycle

ynet correspondents | 02.15.26

IDF unveils three new enlistment tracks for ultra-Orthodox recruits, including separate officer training

New General Staff order creates fully gender-segregated units, separate command courses and an external rabbinical body to oversee compliance, as the military seeks to expand ultra-Orthodox enlistment without altering religious lifestyles

Shilo Freid, Yoav Zitun | 02.03.26

71,000 draft evaders, 80% ultra-Orthodox: Israel sees slight rise in Haredi enlistment

As the High Court demands an effective draft plan, new data show a modest increase in ultra-Orthodox enlistment alongside a sharp jump in draft evaders, most of them Haredi, and growing criticism of police enforcement

Tova Zimuky | 02.01.26

Haredi bloc to back budget in first reading despite draft dispute

Parties condition support on progress toward draft exemption law, but with legal concerns unresolved, receive rabbinic approval to back coalition in initial vote

Shilo Freid, Amir Ettinger | 01.28.26

Netanyahu holds emergency talks as budget crisis deepens over Haredi draft exemption row

Vote on 2026 budget delayed to Wednesday after ultra-Orthodox parties demand legal review of draft law; Smotrich threatens elections if budget remains tied to military exemption legislation

Moran Azulay, Amir Ettinger, Shilo Freid | 01.26.26

IDF creates new role of chief of staff adviser on Haredi affairs

The IDF chief appointed Col. Avinoam Emunah, founder of the Hashmonaim Brigade, as his new adviser on Haredi affairs amid army efforts to enlist Haredim and as the government advances legislation to exempt them from service

Shilo Freid, Elisha Ben Kimon | 01.25.26

הצוות הרפואי הבכיר (מימין לשמאל): סמל ש', סגן ד"ר ע', סמל נ' וסמ"ר ג'

Women are 20% of the combat force, and an army cannot become a yeshiva and still win

Excluding women to chase a political fantasy of mass ultra-Orthodox enlistment weakens the army, erodes equality and paves the way for women’s exclusion far beyond the military

Yael Yechieli | 01.25.26

התינוקת ליה גולובנציץ ז"ל והחדר במעון בירושלים

High Court blocks autopsies of infants who died at unlicensed Jerusalem daycare

ZAKA’s appeal overturned a lower court ruling as police probe alleged neglect at the illegal daycare; clashes spread across Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and Highway 4, with arrests made and a protester injured after being struck by a vehicle

Shilo Freid, Idan Bloemhof, Liran Tamari, Sharon Kidon | 01.20.26

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