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

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

Six New York City yeshivas lose school status, state funding over education standards. Yeshivas in Orange, Rockland counties ...

An agreement was reached between rabbis of Gur and the Degel Hatorah faction of United Torah Judaism (UTJ) to issue an ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu either to finalize an acceptable ...

Assailants injure Shmuel Greenberg's 19-year-old son; video shows armored police rushing mayor from scene as mob shouting ...

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 ...

BNEI BRAK: One of Israel’s most divisive domestic issues has reared itself again to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a group in the ruling coalition said it would bring the ...

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

Israel's political landscape faces tension as ultra-Orthodox coalition members demand exemption from military service for their youths, threatening to topple Netanyahu's government if not granted.

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 ...

Kesselman was born in Riga, Latvia and raised in the Israeli-Arab city of Ramle in Israel from the age of six.