The law moving through the Israeli legislature aims to grant military exemptions to Haredim, the ultra-Orthodox Jews, in ...

Israel has turned to enlisting ultra-Orthodox (or Haredi) Jews of draft age after more than a year of war – against Hamas, Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups in the Middle East – has ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a highway during a protest against army recruitment in Bnei Brak, Israel, on June 27, 2024.

Israel has turned to enlisting ultra-Orthodox (or Haredi) Jews of draft age after more than a year of war – against Hamas, Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups in the Middle East – has strained its ...

Many ultra-Orthodox Jews believe that military service is incompatible with their way of life, and fear that those who enlist will be secularized. Israelis who do serve, however, say the decades ...