One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, ...

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Many haredi Jews in Israel use so-called "kosher phones" to curtail exposure to what they see as harmful influences.The post Ultra-Orthodox using basic cell phones’ miss missiles alerts appeared first ...

In Israel, recently appointed Defense Minister Israel Katz on Friday gave the go-ahead for 7,000 draft notices to be sent to ultra-Orthodox Jews, also known as Haredim, calling them up for ...

The peaceful demonstration came in response to a June 25 court order from Israel’s Supreme Court that makes ultra-Orthodox Jews (or Haredi) subject to the draft, ending decades of religious ...

Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jews are at a crossroads as military-draft orders arrive Carrie Keller-Lynn , The Wall Street Journal 5 min read 05 Sep 2024, 09:24 AM IST ...

Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews Are at a Crossroads as Military-Draft Orders Arrive Push to enlist Israel’s Haredi Jews comes as the military struggles to boost its ranks while fighting a ...

Ever since the state of Israel’s founding in 1948, ultra-Orthodox Jews – those who take the strictest approach toward following Jewish law, and are now around 14% of the population – have ...

Today, however, ultra-Orthodox women have 6.5 children on average, compared with 2.5 among other Jewish Israeli women, and around 1.3 million of the country’s 9.5 million people are Haredim.