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Dozens of Haredi youth block Jerusalem light rail over draft arrest

Protest follows Yiddish call to action and comes days after violent clashes in Jerusalem, as tensions grow over efforts to advance legislation exempting Haredim from mandatory military service

Shilo Freid | 12.26.25

'Naive Americans accept what they’re told': Rabbi warns US yeshiva students against enlisting in IDF

Ultra-Orthodox leader warns that more American yeshiva students in Israel are considering or joining the IDF, prompting a rabbinic campaign arguing enlistment serves a Zionist agenda and threatens religious observance

Shilo Freid | 12.26.25

הרב חיים אמסלם, הרב זבדיה כהן והרב צבי יהודה לאו

After eight-year vacancy, Israel moves to appoint new chief rabbi of Tel Aviv

Eight years after Rabbi Israel Meir Lau stepped down, Tel Aviv is set to choose a new chief rabbi; the vote is expected in two weeks, with candidates including a senior rabbinical judge, a former lawmaker, community rabbis and Lau’s son

Shilo Freid | 12.25.25

Knesset speaker backs civil marriage bill, sparking outrage in ultra-Orthodox parties

Haredi political parties condemn Amir Ohana for backing an opposition-sponsored civil marriage bill; Yitzhak Goldknopf said the Netanyahu government was violating agreements, while Degel HaTorah and Shas called the move unacceptable and a grave provocation

Shilo Freid | 12.24.25

הביתנים שישמשו את בית חב"ד החדש בבונדיי ביץ', סידני

New Chabad house opens at Sydney terror attack site in memory of the victims

Opened at the end of the mourning period, the Chabad House was established at the exact site of the Bondi Beach massacre and named ‘Ohel Eli and Yaakov’ in memory of slain Chabad emissaries Rabbi Eli Schlanger and Rabbi Yaakov Levitin

Shilo Freid | 12.23.25

הרמטכ"ל אייל זמיר רוקד עם עם חיילים מיחידת החשמונאים

IDF chief lights Hanukkah candles, dances with Haredi brigade: ‘modern day Maccabees’

Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir praised troops from the IDF’s Haredi Hasmonean Brigade, saying they prove combat service can be combined with a Haredi lifestyle as the military seeks to expand ultra-Orthodox enlistment amid growing manpower needs

Shilo Freid | 12.21.25

קבלת פנים ליונתן כהן, אברך בן 25 תושב קריית אתא, שהיה עריק ונתפס נכלא וישב בכלא 10

With limousine and dancing: Haredi draft dodger gets hero’s welcome after release from prison

Yonatan Cohen, 25, from Kiryat Ata, was released Thursday from Military Prison No. 10 after being jailed for desertion; upon his return, he was greeted in the ultra-Orthodox town of Rechasim with a festive procession organized in his honor

Shilo Freid | 12.19.25

Haredi protest blocks roads in southern Israel after Jerusalem clashes; 8 arrested in Ashkelon

Police stopped a bus near Ashdod after learning protesters planned to rally at a Military Police officer’s home; after buses were barred from Ashkelon, organizers urged road blockades, shutting the city’s northern entrance and major routes

Shilo Freid, Sivan Hilaie | 12.18.25

Police, Haredi draft dodgers clash in Jerusalem, 13 hurt; bus carrying soldiers attacked

Unrest began with a parking ticket near Bar-Ilan Street, spiraled after false alerts spread fears of draft arrests, saw police withdraw and return, involved overturned patrol cars and stun grenades, and left five officers hospitalized

Liran Tamari, Shilo Freid | 12.18.25

אביו של בנימין מדליק נרות חנוכה בכותל המערבי

Continuing tradition: family of fallen soldier light Hanukkah candles at Western Wall

Benjamin Elmakayes’ family lights Hanukkah candles each year at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, a tradition kept even after he was killed in Gaza last year; his mother says they had a 'pact' to light the candle together every year, wherever he was

Shilo Freid | 12.17.25

Jewish man stabbed in chest in NY in broad daylight after attacker shouts Jewish slurs | Watch

Attacker said it would 'be all right if the Holocaust happened today' before stabbing Jewish man, who fought with the assailant and prevented the blade from penetrating deeply; comes day after attack on Chabad hasidim on NYC subway

Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid | 12.17.25

Chabad-Lubavitch Hasid attacked on NYC subway in antisemitic incident | watch

In a video posted on social media, an African American passenger is seen shouting antisemitic insults at a Chabad Hasid before grabbing him by the neck; 'I realized this could end in death'

Itamar Eichner, Shilo Freid | 12.16.25

Father of two Haredi brigade IDF soldiers: 'only rabbinic consensus can advance draft bill'

Former Slobodka yeshiva student joins Hasmonean Brigade after his brother; their father says forced enlistment will fail and any law must be shaped with senior rabbis

Shilo Freid | 12.16.25

Haredi toddler forgotten by parents found wandering in Palestinian village

The boy, who speaks only Yiddish and wore traditional Haredi dress, was found alone by a bus terminal worker; police later located his parents from Modi’in Illit, who are expected to be questioned

Liran Tamari, Alexandra Lukash, Shilo Freid | 12.15.25

Jewish community elder killed in Sydney Hanukkah attack had warned of rising antisemitism

Soviet-born Jewish community member, 62, killed in the Bondi Beach massacre, had publicly cautioned that Australia was no longer safe for Jews; 'We came here with the view that Australia is the safest country in the world,' he said in December 2024

Shilo Freid | 12.15.25

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