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Extremist Haredi protests set to resume after IDF renews arrests of draft dodgers
Police warned of traffic disruptions in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem, while three suspects were arrested in Beit Shemesh over the alleged assault of a Haredi soldier and police volunteer
Shilo Freid
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04.28.26
Sarah left the Haredi world and chose IDF enlistment: ‘Military service was my childhood dream’
After years of doubt, Sarah left her ultra-Orthodox home in Bnei Brak, completed gaps at a pre-army program and is set to begin IDF basic training before joining an electronics project in the ICT Directorate: ‘I simply set a fact’
Itzchak Tessler
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04.27.26
New York Belz Hasid abducted, brutally murdered in Colombia
Nochum Yisrael Eber was abducted in an attempted robbery and later murdered by attackers who fled, his body found in a remote area bearing signs of severe violence as efforts continue to bring him to burial in Israel
Shilo Freid
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04.27.26
'Territory expands, army doesn’t': IDF faces deepening troop shortage crisis
'Unthinkable,' a security official says of the deepening IDF crisis, with no end in sight; coalition delays key legislation as ultra-Orthodox leaders weigh the draft bill, amid warnings defenses 'will not be airtight' if conditions change
Elisha Ben Kimon, Shilo Freid, Amir Ettinger
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04.23.26
'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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03.17.26
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
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02.26.26
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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01.28.26
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