Haredi

Haredi anti-draft protesters throw stones, damage buses, call police 'nazis'

Police said that the protest erupted into violence, as the demonstrators blocked Jerusalem's Shmuel Hanavi street.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Israeli government approves 2025 budget in Knesset, passing major hurdle

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: budget for war and reservists • Yair Lapid: Middle class is tired of being exploited

From far left to haredi right, these Jews are questioning ethics of voting for WZC

As the 21 slates running this year ramp up their campaigns, American Jews at different fringes of the community are debating whether to participate.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
25/03/2025
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

A gov't of desecration: Goldknopf’s dance shows Israelis who is really to blame

How in the world can self-identifying Zionist Knesset members in the coalition participate in this injustice?

By MATAN KAHANA
24/03/2025

Knesset set for final 2025 budget voting overnight

The Knesset will debate the state budget overnight as haredi draft demands add tension; final votes are set for Tuesday after months of political maneuvering.

'Walla' and Channel 14 journalist caught on film taking cash to kill story

'Walla' and Channel 14 journalist Yaki Adamker reportedly has a history of extorting religious communities for cash in exchange for killing damaging stories.

Yitzhak Goldknopf filmed dancing to anti-Zionist Neturei Karta anthem, sparks outrage

Goldknopf apologizes after being filmed dancing to an anti-Zionist song at a wedding, sparking outrage from Israeli leaders and calls for him to leave the government.

Beit Shemesh mayor attacked, car vandalized and flipped by haredi extremists

Greenberg's vehicle was smashed, vandalized and then flipped but he and his family were evacuated from the scene, according to a statement from the mayor's office.

Chabad rabbi becomes most senior haredi engineer at Microsoft

Kesselman was born in Riga, Latvia and raised in the Israeli-Arab city of Ramle in Israel from the age of six.

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