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Haredi

Daniel Shapiro (right) visits a Haredi school in Me'ah She'arim in 2012, when Shapiro was U.S. ambassador to Israel. (State Department)
Posted inOpinion

Haredi schools in Israel are at a historic crossroads

Rabbi Menachem Bombach is the founder of the Netzach Educational Network and a pioneer of Haredi integration in Israel. (Courtesy) by Rabbi Menachem Bombach November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

J. is the media partner of the 2025 Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto on Nov. 9. This week, we are publishing a trio of op-eds from speakers […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel may head to elections as haredi party rebels over army conscription

Ben Sales by Ben Sales June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
Kevin Janssens as Noah in "Rough Diamonds." (Photo/Netflix-Nyk Dekeyser)
Posted inTV

Netflix’s ‘Rough Diamonds’ brings viewers into the drama of Antwerp’s Orthodox diamond district

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 25, 2023
Hared Orthodox Jewish men walk near the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jun. 17, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Nearly 1 in 3 Israeli Jews will be haredi Orthodox by 2050, per Israeli economic projections

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 23, 2021
man walking up stairs covered in debris, trash and garments
Posted inLag Ba'Omer

Three teenagers among 6 Americans killed in Israeli stampede

by Stewart Ain and JTA May 3, 2021May 12, 2021
Hundreds of Orthodox Jews mourn at the funeral of Yehuda Lev Lubin, one of 45 victims from the Mount Meron Lag B'Omer stampede, April 30, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

‘Our dancing has turned into mourning’: For Israeli Orthodox Jews, a night of celebration and healing turns to unspeakable tragedy

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 30, 2021April 30, 2021
(From left) Shira Haas, Doval'e Glickman and Michael Aloni in season 3 of "Shtisel." (Photo/JTA-Ohad Romano)
Posted inTV & Film

Long-awaited ‘Shtisel’ season 3 brings more faith, grief, family to its global fan base

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 24, 2021March 29, 2021
Screenshot from an ad by the right-wing United Torah Judaism party that appeared to compare Reform Jewish converts to dogs. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Dogs, death and ‘clowns’: Israeli Orthodox politicians are again attacking Reform Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 4, 2021
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut presides over the high court in Jerusalem, March 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli Supreme Court rules state must grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jews attend a funeral procession in Jerusalem for Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik, the head of the Brisk Yeshiva, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

In Israel, haredi Orthodox Jews wield enormous political power. Could that change because of Covid?

by Sam Sokol and JTA February 3, 2021

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