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The Haredi officer who volunteers at a police station in an Arab town

Maor Korsias, a Haredi Jew from Tiberias, has become an unconventional presence at the police station in Kafr Kanna, with his long sidelocks and black kippah; He has earned the respect of the local community, who affectionately call him 'the Sheikh'; But how does he balance his Torah studies in a kollel with volunteering as a police officer?

Shilo Freid | 12.12.24

Minister Meir Porush and ultra-Orthodox youth at the recruitment office

Government party establishes hotline to provide legal advice for IDF draft dodgers

Agudat Yisrael, the faction led by Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, established a guidance center for ultra-Orthodox youth to help them avoid military conscription, describing the initiative as a response to 'the looming threat to the Torah world'

Shilo Freid | 12.05.24

Haredi lawmakers attend emergency meeting on avoiding IDF draft

Meeting held in Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Landau's home , where United Torah Judaism Knesset members sit in after decree calls on all yeshiva students to stay away from recruiting offices

Shilo Freid | 12.04.24

Neo-Nazis attack ultra-Orthodox man in Vienna during far-right demonstration

The Haredi man who was on his way to the synagogue was attacked by members of the neo-Nazi hooligan group, the Vienna Dance Brigade; The attackers stole his shtreimel and kippa and fled

Itamar Eichner | 12.01.24

IDF to launch new Haredi brigade during Hanukkah

Military recruiting 30 troops for Hasmonean Brigade, with more primed to join later on, focusing on halachic lifestyle; brigade aims to build trust with Haredi community, offering combat roles with strict religious accommodations

Shilo Freid | 11.28.24

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl in UK seriously injured in suspected antisemitic attack

A man threw glass bottles from his balcony at a group of ultra-Orthodox girls walking home in Stamford Hill; One of the girls was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition

Itamar Eichner | 11.26.24

Judaism in a flash: Haredi man becomes photography enthusiast

Moshe Berenstein, a once-conventional yeshiva student now documents the breathtaking yet rapidly disappearing landscapes of the Dead Sea; despite societal norms, his lens reveals the natural beauty and poignant transformations of this unique environment

Assaf Kamar | 11.17.24

"יש התחשבות בחגים, בשבתות ובזמני תפילה". יעקב קרעי

Haredis find social service in lieu of draft

More Haredi men join medical emergency teams as volunteers after rejecting military claiming their religious sensibilities would be less harmed

Shilo Freid | 11.14.24

Even though he was fired, Gallant's draft orders for Haredim will be issued

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was fired, but the IDF is going ahead with issuing 7,000 additional draft orders to ultra-Orthodox Israeli young men, sparking controversy and protest; Only a fraction have reported for duty, highlighting tensions within Israeli society over conscription policies

Yoav Zitun, Shilo Freid | 11.12.24

Drop in reservists willing to serve raises concern

The IDF reveals a decline of about 15-25 percent in reservists showing up when called for duty in Gaza and in the north, affecting operational decisions while coalition pushes bill exempting Haredi men from service

Yoav Zitun, Alexandra Lukash, Hadar Gil-Ad | 11.11.24

Lithuanian haredi leader meets IDF officials while urging followers to avoid enlisting

As IDF intensifies efforts to recruit Haredim, issuing hundreds of draft notices, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch met with senior military officials while leading a determined campaign to prevent enlistment

Korin Elbaz-Alush, Shilo Freid | 11.07.24

Tuesdays top headlines: Israel on high alert as US votes, ends UNRWA deal, and expands ultra-orthodox draft

IDF says Israel is poised to meet any potential security challenge on Election Day

Steve Leibowitz, ILTV | 11.05.24

IDF can take only limited number of Haredi men, but economy needs them to serve'

Israeli-American David Hagar who invested in IDF's Haredi battalion says the military is already struggling with meeting the needs of ultra-Orthodox men who cannot serve with women; says the cost of a Haredi family to taxpayers is 1,7000 shekels each month

Sharon Kidon | 11.05.24

Haredi lawmaker says religious Zionists are 'useful idiots' of the left on enlistment

Moshe Shimon Roth says the left is using the religious Zionist community's fallen soldiers as a political tool and says that the whole conscription issue is a sham, claiming there is no manpower shortage

Shilo Freid | 10.30.24

Lufthansa fined record $4 million for discriminating against Ultra-Orthodox Jews

German airline slapped with massive penalty from US Department of Transportation for 2022 incident in which it collectively punished 128 Hasidic passengers by denying them boarding after 2 Orthodox passengers refused to wear masks

Itamar Eichner, Daniel Edelson, New York | 10.16.24

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