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A Violent Schism Just Exploded in Israel's Most Powerful Hasidic Sect

They've Quit Orthodox Judaism, but They're Keeping the Culture

Police End Celebrations at Meron Pilgrimage Site After Thousands Break Into Tomb

Take a Journey Through Israel's Graves of Holy Men (And Women)

'More Cops Than People': Thousands Gather at Mount Meron a Year After Stampede

Preparations for Lag Ba’omer festivities at Mount Meron, Israel, on Sunday.

Israel Discriminates Against Women in Ticket Allocation for Religious Festival

A man sitting on the pavement in the immediate aftermath of the Meron disaster, April 29, 2021.

A Year After the Meron Stampede, Israel Has Yet to Approve Help for the Survivors

Religious men at the funeral of one of the victims of the Meron stampede

Safety Adviser Quits as Thousands Expected at Israeli Pilgrimage Where 45 Died Last Safety Adviser Quits as Thousands Expected at Israeli Pilgrimage Where 45 Died Last Year

A young woman raising a WZO flag uses a whistle to disrupt Women of the Wall prayer service, earlier this month.

Recent Western Wall Clashes Expose a Schism in World Zionist Politics

Family members of Meron disaster victims at the Haifa District Court on Monday.

Families of Meron Stampede Victims Sue Israel for Millions

Two Lufthansa Airbus planes in Frankfurt, Germany, March 2020.

Lufthansa Bars Haredi Jews From Flight After Some Refuse to Wear Masks

Thousands of Haredim in Israel. Nearly 1 in 4 Jews will be ultra-Orthodox by 2040, a new survey concludes

Nearly One in Four Jews Will Be ultra-Orthodox by 2040, New Study Says

Aaron Rabinowitz and Shira Elk receiving their prize on Monday.

Haaretz Reporters Awarded for Expose on Sexual Assault in Haredi Community Haaretz Reporters Receive Journalism Prize for Expose on Sexual Assault in Haredi Community

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When Taking a Mortgage in Israel Becomes an Obstacle Course

An ultra-orthodox man using a cellphone.

Reform to Break Israeli Rabbis' Monopoly Over Cellphones in ultra-Orthodox Community

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Jerusalem Rabbi Arrested for Rape Told Women It Was a 'Spiritual Act'

A Jewish customer choosing a cut of meat at a deli in Denver, Colorado, 2017.

Why Kosher Meat in Israel Is Outrageously Expensive

A National Insurance Institute branch in Tel Aviv last year.

Government Savings Program Was Meant to Reduce Inequality. It Did the Opposite Israeli Government Savings Program Was Meant to Reduce Inequality. It Did the Opposite

An ultra-Orthodox teen using a kosher cellphone.

Cellphone Reform Set to Break Monopoly in Israel's Haredi Community

Elchanan Deitsch, a well-known figure in the ultra-Orthodox community accused of sexual assault.

Prominent Haredi Figure Held After Two Women Say He Molested Them

Amir Khoury, who served in the police like his brother and father before him.

In First, Haredi City to Name Street After Arab Cop Who Died in Terror Attack In First, Haredi Tel Aviv Suburb to Name Street After Arab Cop Who Died in Terror Attack

Benjamin Netanyahu at a right-wing rally in Jerusalem, Wednesday.

How a Sandwich and the Netanyahu Cult Could Bring Down Israel's Government How a Sandwich and the Netanyahu Cult of Intimidation Could Bring Down Israel's Government

Ukrainian Jewish refugee Olga Chudnaya from Hostomel sits inside the Agudath Israel synagogue in Moldova's capital Chisinau before heading to the airport to board a plane to Israel

Fleeing Russia’s War, Ukrainians Reaching Israel Face a Terrible Surprise Fleeing Russia’s Brutality, Ukrainians Reaching Israel Face a Terrible Surprise

Ultra-Orthodox men in Israel. Having a driver's license can get them thrown out of school, but Israel is doing nothing to prevent this information from leaking.

The ‘Bug’ That Has Devastating Results for Israel's ultra-Orthodox A ‘Bug’ That Leaves the Data of ultra-Orthodox People Exposed Has Devastating Results

Unrecognized Bedouin communities in the south.

Millions of Acres for Israeli Jews, Next to Nothing for the Bedouin

Memorial candles spell out 'revenge' at the scene of the terror attack in Bnei Brak, on Tuesday night.

A Day After Deadly Attack, Tel Aviv Suburb Residents Direct Rage at Government

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's funeral procession in Bnei Brak, March 20.

The Politics of Rabbi Kanievsky's Funeral

Haredi girls at a water resort on Lake Kinneret.

Kosher Rafting on the Jordan River: ultra-Orthodox Tourists Found Their Wild Side

Ultra-Orthodox Jews at the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, near Tel Aviv, Sunday.

Sometimes, It’s Embarrassing to Be Secular in Israel

Ultra-orthodox Jewish men at a religious funeral of a Hasidic Rabbi in 2016.

End the Orthodox Monopoly on Jewish Burial in Israel

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein (L) with a fellow rabbi in 2021.

Haredi Community Returns to Pragmatic Leadership With Kanievsky's Successor

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky attending a Council of Torah Sages meeting in Bnei Brak last year.

Kanievsky Wasn't a Leader Because the ultra-Orthodox Didn't Need One

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky reads the book of Esther during the feast of Purim in Bnei Brak, 2019.

Rabbi Kanievsky Leaves Behind a Legacy of Paralysis and Helplessness

Hundreds of Thousands Gather for Rabbi Kanievsky's Funeral in Central Israel

Shopping at the Bar Kol Tuv supermarket in Bnei Brak.

What Drives Secular Israelis to ultra-Orthodox Supermarkets?

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky attending a Council of Torah Sages meeting in Bnei Brak last year.

Leader of Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox Community Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky Dies at 94

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.

Finally, the Israeli Government Adopts a Zionist Policy for the Negev

Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana at a Knesset Arrangements Committee session, last year.

Israeli Ministers OK Proposal to Liberalize Jewish Conversions

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This Hasidic Sect Pushes Dissenters’ Children to Run Away From Home

Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Knesset, in December.

Lieberman Is Doing Israel's ultra-Orthodox Community a Big Favor

Israeli soldiers in the Netzah Yehuda battalion during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem.

This Is One of Israel’s Most Miserable, Self-defeating and Cruel Failures

Ukrainian units exercise as they simulate a crisis situation in an urban settlement, in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, two weeks ago.

Israel Urges Hasidim to Evacuate Ukrainian Pilgrimage Site Amid Fears of Invasion

Avigdor Lieberman 2021 campaign billboard: 'Lieberman! Government without Haredim'

This Is Israel’s Last Chance to Save Itself From Demographic Disaster

Israeli soldiers in the Netzah Yehuda battalion during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem.

A Shocking Death Sparks Fierce Debate About Israel's Haredi Battalion

Ultra-Orthodox Jews at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Distorted Distribution of Resources for Haredim Is a Deliberate Policy

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands at an El Al check-in counter at Ben-Gurion International Airport, last year.

El Al to Implement Set Times for In-flight Communal Prayer

The entrance to the base of Netzah Yehuda this week.

Lies, Violence and Far-right Ideology: The Militia Formed Inside the Israeli Army Lies, Violence and Far-right Ideology: The West Bank Militia Formed Inside the Israeli Army

United Arab List chairman Mansour Abbas in the Knesset, in October.

Arabs Shouldn’t Hold the Whip Over the ultra-Orthodox

A Haredi school in Jerusalem.

Israeli Education Ministry's Unusual Offer to Haredi Schools

A woman from a Jewish community Lev Tahor walks inside a shopping area in the village of San Juan La Laguna in 2014.

Members of Cult Dubbed 'Jewish Taliban' Reported in Bosnia

Yaakov Litzman at the Knesset, earlier this month.

Israel's Litzman Admits to Breach of Trust in Malka Leifer Affair, to Pay $940

Retired Supreme Court President Miriam Naor in Jerusalem, November.

Inquiry Into Mount Meron Disaster to Be Delayed After Death of Israel's Former Supre Inquiry Into Mount Meron Disaster to Be Delayed After Death of Israel's Former Supreme Court President

Cabinet members in the Knesset on Monday.

Haredi Military Draft Bill Fails Knesset Vote After Arab Coalition Member Votes No

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attending a funeral for a venerated rabbi last October.

Despite Being Most Adversely Affected by COVID, Haredim Change Daily Routines Least Despite Being Most Adversely Affected by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Change Daily Routines Least

New immigrants from France being greeted at Ben-Gurion Airport in pre-coronavirus times.

The Israeli Bill to Preserve Demographic Jewish Supremacy