Does the self-survival of the self- proclaimed “Holy” – the Orthodox Jews – take precedence over the morals proclaimed by God and set down by Moses in Leviticus which include respect for others, ...

We must denounce the extremists and the violent among us,' says United Torah Judaism chairman Goldknopf in wake of assault on ...

In it, Rabbi Yaakov Meidan, head of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut and a leading rabbi in the national religious camp for ...

Yossi Levi calls for greater ultra-Orthodox enlistment, warning that increasing hostility to the religious group could widen the military draft gap.The post Historic first: Haredi officer takes comman ...

At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, ...

Ultra-Orthodox, who make up about 14 per cent of the population, have been exempted from military service since Israel’s ...

Government must 'improve enforcement and impose personal sanctions,' Deputy AG Limon writes, says only a 'negligible' fraction of ultra-Orthodox called up for service have enlisted ...

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews forced their way into Lebanese territory under army protection to pray at a gravesite they ...

Such communities have been exempted from Israel’s mandatory military service since 1948. Read more at straitstimes.com.