Budget vote could give PM stability after rocky start
Approved with a majority of 64, the vote gives Netanyahu up to two years of quiet after weeks of tense ...
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Experts warn education budget will obliterate state school system
"Entire generations of children will be denied basic studies of mathematics, science, and languages," educators write in a letter to ...
Leading Haredi rabbis lambast government for 'destroying kashrut, conversion'
Ultra-Orthodox leaders Chaim Kanievsky and Gershon Edelstein to issue scathing letter criticizing lawmakers for reforms they claim would undermine Judaism.
Haredi sage Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky endorses COVID vaccination for kids
Prominent ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky rules in favor of inoculating children following meeting with senior health experts.
'Haredi' bridegroom in New York unmasked as Lebanese Muslim
Man calling himself "Eliyahu Haliwa" met and married a girl from New York's Syrian Jewish community without anyone bothering to ...
Shifting gears: Ultra-Orthodox woman turns professional cyclist
Growing up in Bnei Brak, Goldie Gelhar did not participate in any sports. Now, she is training for Ironman triathlons ...
Is the Bennett-Lapid coalition playing footsie with Haredi parties?
Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman says, "It's them or me." Meanwhile, government officials say that while chance of bringing both Shas ...
Haaretz accused of maligning Haredim in COVID cartoon
The controversial cartoon from Monday, drawn by Amos Biderman, showed the crowded Western Wall plaza and two police officers discussing ...
Gov't proposes compensation for families of Meron stampede victims
Families who lost loved ones could be allocated up to 130,000 per casualty. Head of National Insurance Institute points to ...
'Women are dominant in Israel's ultra-Orthodox film scene'
Marilyn Venig, a Belz Hassid and film critic, writer, poet, and scholar, knows more about the nascent Haredi film culture ...