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Katz said that the bill includes financial sanctions against any yeshiva that does not meet its quota and against men who are ...

As we support these pioneering souls, we must also pave the way for more integration, more understanding, and more shared ...

The government has to encourage a fast and vast shift within haredi society, showing that military service and keeping the ...

Defense Minister Katz reported to have tried to excise IDF’s position from state's response, as coalition continued to work ...

PM, defense minister condemn assault on Maj. Gen. David Zini and his aide in central city; military expresses support for ...

The new IDF haredi ‘Hashmonaim” Brigade has launched with the draft of its first 50 “ultra-orthodox” recruits. The new recruits are expected to form the core of the first company in the ...

The new haredi brigade "Hashomonaim" is expected to open on Sunday at its base in the Jordan Valley, and the IDF is pleased with the number of Haredim who are expected to enlist. In the initial ...

which failed and actually led to a decrease in the number of Haredim who serve in the IDF.” According to the Haredi Kikar HaShabbat, the main difference introduced by the new bill is that ...

Ultra-Orthodox protesters have blocked a major highway near Tel Aviv and clashed with police over IDF conscription efforts ...

Indeed, these are the sections of the Haredi world from which Rabbi Yosef wants to protect his flock, lest they stray and (heaven forbid) enlist in the IDF, enter higher education, or gain an ...

A new survey by attorney Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz of the Israel Democracy Institute examined the Religious Zionist community's position on drafting haredim into the IDF. The poll revealed that 72. ...