Manpower Erosion: IDF Plans to Extend Hesder Yeshiva Fighters’ Compulsory Service
Hesder soldiers and Hesder graduates have been on the front lines in Gaza and Lebanon during the war.
Halevi Removes National Religious Colonel over Criticism of IDF Thinking
Nehama claimed that the IDF was achieving extraordinary feats at the tactical level, but these achievements did not translate into strategic advantage.
Supreme Court Overturns Tel Aviv Ban on Outdoor Yom Kippur Prayers
Secular protesters last year forcefully prevented traditional Jews from holding an outdoor Yom Kippur service.
Groundbreaking Ceremony Welcomes First Haredi Combat Fighters to Israeli Border Police
The event saw 31 Haredi men, graduates of the “Avneit” unit, complete their rigorous training and officially join the ranks of the Border Police, a paramilitary unit within the Israel Police that focuses on border security, counterterrorism, and maintaining internal security.
Smotrich Sets AG Straight: I’m the Finance Minister and I Keep Haredi Daycare
Smotrich is furious that the decision was made in a collaboration between the AG and the finance ministry’s legal counsel without consulting the decision-making echelon, the finance minister.
Mother of Fallen Soldier Urges Israelis to Lead More Meaningful Lives
"Share a smile, help someone in need, appreciate people, and together we can try to make our lives and other people's lives more meaningful."
How Ben Gvir ‘Prevented’ the October 7 Attack and How Blinken, Lapid, and Deri...
Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit has already robbed the Haredi parties of a seat each in the current Knesset.
Collective Punishment: AG Terminates Daycare for Haredi Families with Draft Dodgers
"An AG has pity for hapless Nukhba terrorists and is cruel to Jewish toddlers. Let it sink in for a moment. This is Sodom."
Rosh Yeshiva: No Tachnun Today – When the Wicked Perish We Rejoice
When Israel, with God’s help, eliminates the chief of staff of Hezbollah and Satan’s chief of Hamas within the same 24 hours – who has the head to supplicate?
Religious Women Present Innovative Technologies at Jerusalem Hackathon
The 26-hour hackathon drew 120 female students from JCT's Tal, Tvuna, and Lustig campuses.
Ben Gvir Alienates Allies by Allowing Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount
"I remember the days when they shouted at me 'Allah Akbar' and I shouted back at them 'Shema Israel' and was arrested."
Ben Gvir ‘Storms’ Temple Mount, Arabs and Shas Minister Upset
In Arab reports, every visit to the Temple Mount is a storming of Al Aqsa, and every Jewish visitor is a settler.
Signaling Shift, Israeli Interior Minister Calls for Orthodox Flexibility on Military Service
Arbel was speaking one day after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told lawmakers he would begin drafting yeshiva students next month.
Leader of Lithuanian Haredim: Do Not Report to Draft Centers
"Do not show up at all at the draft offices, and do not respond to any draft summons, not even the initial summons."
9 Supreme Court Justices Rule Haredim Must Serve, Cut Supports for Resisting Yeshivas
The practical outcome of Tuesday’s ruling is that the IDF enlistments revert to the original, general Defense Service Law.
NY Times Gets It Right for Once about Smotrich’s Plan, If You Can Ignore...
It was such a pleasure to read Talia Sasson’s hound’s baying at the undoing of her cruelty
On Jerusalem Day Labor Chairman Yair Golan Calls for a Divided Jerusalem
Man, I’d hate to spend quality time inside this man’s head.
Revealed: Since October 7 the IDF Rejected 3,120 out of 4,000 Haredim Asking to...
“Meanwhile, some 66,000 Haredi youths were granted deferment of service because of the ‘their Torah study is their vocation’ stipulation.”
Brigadier General (Ret.) Ofir Winter on Chief Halevi’s War: ‘Hamas Is an Enemy? They’re...
Should Netanyahu win the next election (whether soon or in 2026), he could do worse than appoint Ofer Winter as his Defense Minister.
Anonymous Donor Bequeaths Bar Ilan $260 Million, Biggest Donation It Ever Received
Bar-Ilan University will use the money to recruit dozens of outstanding researchers in Deep Tech science fields.
Smotrich, Ben Gvir Threaten Leaving Government over Biden’s Hostage Deal
Over a period of 126 days, every last gain of Operation Iron Swords will be erased, and Hamas will be given the means to retake the entire Gaza Strip.
New Specialized IDF Units and Pre-Military Schools Meet Greatly Increased Haredi Recruitment
"More Haredim can be recruited into the IDF, the state just has to decide that it wants to."
MK Gilad Kariv Makes a Big Racket and Carries a Tiny Stick
MK Gilad Kariv has degraded his public reputation from responsible politician to party hack.
Watch: Chotam’s ‘Say Shema Israel’ Appeals to Every Jew
“There are those for whom this awakening is a threat,” say Chotam activists.
Coalition Freezes ‘Rabbis Bill’ to Avoid Government Collapse
The bill aimed to solve the severe shortages of city rabbis in Israel, because dozens of municipalities exist without a rabbi.
Abraham Today: 88-Year-Old Rabbi and his Wife, 56, Have a Healthy Baby Boy
“Some will say that since Abraham our forefather, who was blessed with Isaac our forefather at the age of 100, there has not been such a historic birth.”
Round 2: Haredim Take Back Beit Shemesh, Yona Yahav Takes Back Haifa, Oded Revivi...
Last Thursday, Degel HaTorah, Agudath Israel, and Shas united to support Greenberg in Beit Shemesh.
Judge Orders Shin Bet to Explain Why Jewish Administrative Detainees Aren’t Treated like Arabs
Everyone understood a week ago that the IDF and the Shin Bet were trying to make nice with the PA Arabs, on the eve of Ramadan.
Israeli Self-Defense Groups Train Haredim to Protect their Neighborhoods
So far, some 1,500 Haredi volunteers have joined the project, receiving training from Hashomer HaChadash.
Jewish Settlement Enterprise as Response to Violence Continues in Face of Universal Objections
All three actions have already been approved by PM Netanyahu and his cabinet, calling them “an answer to terrorism.”