Some 50 ultra-Orthodox recruits were drafted into the Israel Defense Forces’ new Hasmonean Brigade on Sunday at the army’s Tel Hashomer induction center in Ramat Gan. The soldiers will form the ...

Ultra-Orthodox (haredi) women work at Matrix Global ... is professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and has a doctoral degree in Jewish Studies. Telephone: *2421 * Extension 4 Jerusalem ...

The term "Haredim" (or "Haredi" in singular) refers to ultra-Orthodox Jews, the most devout and observant group ... Haredi men typically wear black suits, overcoats, and large fur hats, while women ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and women have been largely exempt from army service since the establishment of Israel in 1948, while secular and traditional Jewish men and women must serve for a ...

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said on Thursday that a draft law to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews into the army, who had previously been exempt, is not a "moral issue," dismissing the ...

Israel’s former defence minister has resigned from the country’s parliament over the government’s intention to exempt ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from army service. Yoav Gallant, a senior member of ...

The escalation of antisemitism in the wake of the Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 terror massacre in Israel has paved the way for attacks on Jewish communities around the world ...

(RNS) — A group representing the leaders of the United States’ largest Jewish organizations has written a letter to Pope Francis criticizing his recent condemnation of Israeli airstrikes that ...

A man lights candles for the festival of Hanukkah at the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Dec. 29, 2024. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua) A man lights candles for the ...