Ultra-Orthodox leaders vow not to be cowed by 'sanctions and decrees, punishments and arrests' as major rabbi declares ...

We are watching history repeat itself, with division, blame and political egos undermining the collective good.The post The eve of Tisha B’Av is no time for government quarreling appeared first ...

In a lengthy interview with the ultra-Orthodox Kikar Hashabbat news site, the veteran Haredi politician — whose United Torah ...

Shas and United Torah Judaism said in a statement that they were willing to meet to discuss a hostage deal. The heads of the ...

Two days before Tisha B’Av, the Israeli scholar Tomer Persico warned that the country was facing another destruction of Jerusalem, this time of its “moral and religious core” brought on ...

As UTJ exits coalition, internal tensions within haredi bloc resurface as divide deepens between Gur-affiliated factions and ...

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There is nothing pure about a Torah that watches Jews die and calls it divine punishment. There is nothing holy about ...

The Halachic Left is one of several new Jewish protest groups that have formed after Oct. 7, 2023, to argue for a reclaiming ...

Young Haredi students pray at the sacred Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Matteo Placucci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Religious switching into and out of Judaism is rare in ...

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, according to Daniel Staetsky, a demographer with the London-based ...