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According to haredi analyst Yaakov Rivlin, United Torah Judaism is expected to break up into two independent factions following the elections and conduct separate coalition negotiations.
The word "settlers" is often used as a pejorative, but a study of the Torah, the Sages, and the words of our Rabbis reveals the central…
Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia Monday morning, members of Cali’s Sephardic Jewish community were in the…
57% of secular Israelis support religious presence in the public realm, provided it is not forced. Two-thirds of young Israelis view Judaism in a positive light.
Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.NEW YORK — A local Chabad chapter and New York City’s Park East Synagogue have announced a…
Our generation has been given something Jews prayed for over the course of centuries: the ability to defend ourselves in our own land.
Shas MK Moshe Abutbul described the draft dodger as a "yeshiva guy" who approached the police to assist in an ongoing investigation, demanding that such procedures…
The petitioners also asked the court, sitting as an Administrative Affairs Court, to freeze the plan while it considers their challenge.
Three families became stranded at 2,300 meters after straying from their route with baby carriages and no mountain equipment, prompting a massive helicopter rescue.
For decades, Israel’s Haredi draft debate unfolded mainly in courtrooms and coalition negotiations. After Oct. 7, the argument moved into homes, workplaces and army bases.A State…
Despite past criticisms of Mamdani for choosing to associate with select sects of Judaism, both rabbis told The Jerusalem Post that “there was tremendous diversity around…
At his 4-year-old grandson's funeral, Rabbi Arush said haredi students do not have a 'vacation from the Torah' during the yeshiva's vacations.
The move triggered immediate pushback among some of the Beth Jacob synagogue's own membership.