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US Satmar Hasidic leaders arrive in Israel to challenge draft, state funding

The anti-Israel sect is visiting to back opposition to drafting Haredim, push for full separation of Haredi schools from state funding and influence moderate rabbis, exploiting tensions in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community over military conscription

Shilo Freid | 08.19.25

Leading Haredi rabbi on IDF draft: 'Jews persecute Jews over Torah study'

Rabbi Dov Landau criticized military and arrests of deserters, urging yeshiva students not to succumb and enlist; 'It is unacceptable for Jews to be imprisoned for studying Torah'

Shilo Freid | 08.18.25

Ex-chief rabbi: Why listen to 'atheist' Netanyahu?

Former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef accuses PM of betraying ultra-Orthodox parties on draft law as protests erupt outside military prison where Haredi draft dodgers held and rabbis laed mass prayer rallies; 'You rely on such a person?'

Shilo Freid | 08.17.25

Religious panel accuses Rabbi suspected of sex crimes of launching cyberstrike on court website,

Ultra-Orthodox panel that deals with sexual assault on women in the Haredi community says the cyberattack is an act of vengeance by a rabbi linked to criminal elements after the community is warned about his actions

Shilo Freid | 08.15.25

Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi: 'The army is idolatry, bloodshed and immorality'

In radio interview, Rabbi Yitzchok Kolodetsky launches blistering attack on IDF and its ultra-Orthodox soldiers, urging public to shun them and calling even the most religious military frameworks a dangerous deception

Shilo Freid | 08.13.25

Rabbi officiates wedding of woman once engaged to son killed in war

Roni, who was to wed Capt. Amitay Granot before he was killed by an anti-tank missile near Lebanon days after Oct. 7, married an IDF officer in a match arranged by the mother of another fallen soldier; Granot’s father, Rabbi Tamir Granot, led the ceremony

Shilo Freid | 08.12.25

Western Wall graffiti suspect freed by judge: 'I do not ban Jews from the Wall'

Haredi man, 27, arrested after 'There is a Holocaust in Gaza' spray-painted on Western Wall stones; police say he also defaced city’s Great Synagogue; suspect confessed, apologized and his family says he suffers from mental health issues

Shilo Freid, Liran Tamari, Idan Bloemhof | 08.11.25

'Holocaust in Gaza': Western Wall vandalized with anti-war graffiti

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel, condemned the act as a serious desecration showing blatant disrespect for the site’s sanctity

Shilo Freid | 08.11.25

סרטון אות החיים של רום ברסלבסקי שאושר על ידי משפחתו

Father of hostage Rom Braslavski: 'He's dying in front of my eyes'

Ofir Braslavski urges Israeli leaders to pursue a deal over military action and criticizes the international silence and lack of updates from officials

Shilo Freid, Alexandra Lukash | 08.04.25

גל כהן בתמונות משירות המילואים - תושב גוש קטיף לשעבר שכעת 20 שנה אחרי חזר כלוחם לשם ברצועת עזה

Two decades after Disengagement, children of Gush Katif return to Gaza as soldiers

Former evacuees, now in uniform as reservists, retrace their childhoods in the enclave, revisiting beaches, synagogues and neighborhoods as they confront war and memories of a lost home

Shilo Freid | 08.03.25

From tragedy to unity: How two families bridged Israel’s deep divides after Oct. 7

Eliyahu Libman and Yizhar Lifshitz, bound by shared loss and hope, embody a new call for healing and mutual respect across Israel’s fractured society—even amid disagreement on the path forward

Shilo Freid | 08.02.25

Archaeologists find rare First Temple-era seal on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

A rare 2,600-year-old clay seal unearthed on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount may bear the name of a biblical-era official, “Yedaya son of Asyahu,” potentially linking it to a high-ranking family during King Josiah’s reign

Shilo Freid | 07.30.25

'He spoke Hebrew and the police was called,' boy removed from flight in Spain says

Airline denies antisemitism behind the removal of 48 French Jewish kids from a Vanceia to Paris flight; claims kids ignored crew's instructions, endangered passengers

Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid | 07.24.25

Haredi lawmakers push to lower voting age as tensions over military exemptions grow

Legislation mirrors existing voting rights in municipal elections and could add roughly 120,000 new voters; leaders warn of 'state without Haredim' amid backlash over draft exemptions and threats of mass arrests of yeshiva students

Shilo Freid, Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad | 07.24.25

'Gaza is being erased, all of it will be Jewish,' minister says

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu's comments prompt a fierce backlash; critics call his remarks immoral, dangerous, and damaging to Israel’s global standing

Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid | 07.24.25

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