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Tag Archives: Haredi
Haredi IDF conscription: “If my rabbi says to leave Israel, I’m going to leave”
JPOST ‘We do whatever they say’: Yeshiva students defer to rabbis over response to IDF draft enforcement Sam Halpern October 26, 2026 Yeshiva students attending a massive United Torah Judaism election rally in Bnei Brak on Sunday told The Jerusalem … Continue reading
“Calls for Haredi conscription have mounted as Israel has fought a multifront war since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, invasion and massacre, while facing a growing manpower shortage”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Knesset advances Basic Law bill equating Torah study with IDF service, despite coalition revolt Ariela Karmel June 10, 2026 The Knesset voted 56-43 on Wednesday in a preliminary reading to advance a controversial Basic Law declaring Torah … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Basic Law, conscription, Haredi, IDF
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“Violence began after inspector issuing parking ticket was attacked by two young men, apparently draft-dodgers, who threatened to ‘slaughter’ him; Rioters also attack bus with soldiers”
TIMES OF ISRAEL 13 cops hurt as ultra-Orthodox riot in Jerusalem; police use tear gas, arrest four Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol December 18, 2025 Hundreds of young Haredi men clashed with police in Jerusalem Thursday, injuring 13 officers and … Continue reading
Today’s protest “was contrasted by another ultra-Orthodox event in the city just hours earlier, when reservists of the IDF’s new Haredi brigade stood for a ceremony at the Western Wall after completing their training”
TIMES OF ISRAEL 200,000 ultra-Orthodox men block entry to Jerusalem in protest against serving in IDF Charlie Summers October 30, 2025 Some 200,000 ultra-Orthodox men blocked the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon for a “million man” protest against military … Continue reading
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Tagged Boaz Bismuth, Haredi, Haredim, IDF
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All 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews eligible for military service will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026
JPOST IDF to summon over 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in massive push for haredi draft Yonah Jeremy Bob July 6, 2025 The army on Sunday started summoning all 54,000 remaining eligible haredim for IDF service in the largest ever coordinated mass … Continue reading
“Viral videos of haredi anti-draft chants have reignited Israel’s conscription debate, sparking public outrage and political backlash”
JPOST Dancing on the brink: Haredi draft dodging video triggers national backlash Herb Keinon March 14, 2025 Three recent viral videos on social media have put the issue of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) conscription in the spotlight, even as the Knesset continues … Continue reading
As small but growing numbers of Haredi men enlist in the Israeli military, attitudes in their strictly observant communities start to shift
TABLET MAG The IDF’s New Recruits Hillel Kutler November 13, 2024 Haim Traitel reclined in bed in a third-floor room at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on a late-October afternoon. During a two-hour interview, he discussed the battle injury he … Continue reading
Haredi conscription: IDF’s main options include a lottery to draft thousands of yeshiva students from Haredi mainstream, likely sparking major backlash, or to conscript from margins of the community
1TIMES OF ISRAEL The army must soon begin enlisting ultra-Orthodox men. How will that work? Jeremy Sharon July 1, 2024 In a straightforward but massively consequential ruling, the High Court of Justice last week ordered the state to begin conscripting … Continue reading
“Nine judges on Israel’s High Court have ruled that the government must begin conscripting haredi men”
JTA In landmark ruling, Israel’s top court rules that haredi Orthodox Jews must serve in the army Philissa Cramer June 25, 2024 Israel must draft haredi Orthodox Jews into its army, the country’s Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision … Continue reading
Attorney General tells court army will be obligated to begin drafting Haredi men on April 1; judges shoot down PM’s request for 30 more days to settle matter
TIMES OF ISRAEL In ‘historic’ step, High Court orders halt to yeshiva funds for students eligible for draft Jeremy Sharon March 28, 2024 In a step that could have deep political and societal ramifications, the High Court of Justice issued … Continue reading