Shas and United Torah Judaism said in a statement that they were willing to meet to discuss a hostage deal. The heads of the ...

Ultra-Orthodox leaders vow not to be cowed by 'sanctions and decrees, punishments and arrests' as major rabbi declares ...

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United Torah Judaism Party chairman says the haredi community would leave Israel entirely if they are faced with a mandatory ...

Council of Torah Sages decries 'persecution against yeshiva students,' instructs party representatives 'to immediately resign ...

The Halachic Left is one of several new Jewish protest groups that have formed after Oct. 7, 2023, to argue for a reclaiming ...

The United Torah Judaism claimed that the Shas chairman had deceived the Rabbis by keeping his party in the coalition.

In a lengthy interview with the ultra-Orthodox Kikar Hashabbat news site, the veteran Haredi politician — whose United Torah ...

The cost? More time for United Torah Judaism and Shas to gut the draft legislation that would bring their communities into the national fold. The current version of the bill proposes modest targets ...

As Israel’s ruling coalition fractures over the Haredi Draft bill, religious parties threaten to quit, and pressure mounts from reservists, the government clings to a narrow majority. Israel’s fragile ...

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the Knesset plenum last week that 3,000 haredi soldiers will be drafted to the military by next summer. “Our goal is to draft all those who can be recruited by ...

Young Haredi students pray at the sacred Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Matteo Placucci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Religious switching into and out of Judaism is rare in ...