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Charedi Jews on Rabbi Akiva Street in Bnei Brak. The proposed gender segregation is due to apply to two specific streets in the city at certain times of day (Creative Commons/deror_avi)
July 15, 2026, 11:42 am
Anger as strictly Orthodox Israeli city moves to gender-segregate several streets
Senior Rabbis in Bnei Brak have ordered two roads - home to several popular event halls - to have separate pavements for men and women at specific times of day
By JN Reporter
Police escort two female IDF soldiers to safety as ultra-Orthodox rioters chase them through the streets of Bnei Brak during unrest over conscription. Credit: Video via X / David Keshet
February 17, 2026, 12:48 pm
Court frees all suspects after ultra-Orthodox mob chased female IDF soldiers
All 28 detainees released after Bnei Brak riot, despite police injuries, arson and attacks on security forces
By Annabel Sinclair
Video footage shoed protestors in Bnei Brak upending a police car
February 16, 2026, 10:54 am
Charedi rioters target female IDF soldiers in Bnei Brak
22 arrested, as mob throw stones and overturn a police car, with rising tensions amidst attempts to pass a bill which would require the strictly orthodox to serve in the army
By JN Reporter
Mayanei Hayeshua Mental Health Building
May 21, 2024, 2:10 pm
Charedi charities to host mental health awareness event for parents
British Friends of Mayanei Hayeshua and Noa Girls team up on Wednesday 22nd May to champion emotional wellbeing and eating disorder support in teenage community
By Michelle Rosenberg
Achim Global
March 15, 2023, 1:10 pm
OPINION: Inspiring high-tech start-ups in London’s Charedi community
An incubator has the power to create a brighter future for tech, the UK Charedi community and Israel, writes Motti Eichler, founder of Achim Global.
By Motti Eichler
Hadera, Israel. 27th Mar, 2022. Medics transport the body of a victim into an ambulance where two people were killed by gunmen in Hadera. Credit: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa - ATTENTION: graphic content/dpa/Alamy Live News
March 31, 2022, 3:22 pm
Israel buries its dead as new wave of terrorism emerges
These three attacks mark one of the worst outbreaks of violence on Israel’s streets since the end of the Second Intifada 20 years ago.
By Michael Daventry
The gunman was filmed brandishing at rifle at passers-by in Bnei Brak (Photo: Hadmama)
March 29, 2022, 6:56 pm
Five killed by gunman in Bnei Brak terror attack
The incident in a suburb east of Tel Aviv comes days after two earlier terror incidents claimed by Arab Israelis linked to the Islamic State group
By Michael Daventry and Jeremy Last in Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jews at a polling station in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
April 5, 2020, 11:34 am
A third of Bnei Brak residents tested for coronavirus are positive
34 percent of mainly-Charedi residents who’ve been tested have the disease, compared to six percent in Tel Aviv and 10 percent in Jerusalem 
By JTA
December 24, 2019, 12:56 pm
Torah scroll set alight in attack on West Bank synagogue
Vandals burnt Jewish scripts, destroyed prayer books and emptied contents of cabinets and shelves onto the floor
By JTA
Leo with the Sefer Torah marking the opening of the new centre
October 23, 2019, 10:07 am
New Israeli rehab centre for children opens in memory of British couple
ALEH’s 'game-changing' Bet Chayil Centre in Bnei Brak was dedicated in honour of Salomon and Ruchi Noé, parents of philanthropist Leo Noé, in a ceremony with Rabbi Lord Sacks
By Jewish News Reporter
Moshe Lebowitz, Healables. Credit: Shai Dolev
September 6, 2019, 11:38 am
Voice of the Jewish News: New tech champs
This week's Jewish News editorial reflects on a landmark London conference celebrating Orthodox innovators
By Jewish News
Moshe Lebowitz, Healables. TechSpace in Shoreditch. Credit: Shai Dolev
September 3, 2019, 4:58 pm
Orthodox Israeli entrepreneurs pitch to UK investors in London
Israel’s Ambassador Mark Regev welcomes Charedi innovators from six companies based in the Jewish state in lead-up to landmark City event
By Stephen Oryszczuk
A Dan bus labelled mehadrin, which served the ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods in the city of Bnei Brak. Photo taken in January 2006. (Wikimedia/קהילות יעקב)
March 26, 2019, 12:11 pm
Charedi rabbi claims: ‘Israel worse than Nazis over gender segregated buses’
Prominent rabbi in the right-wing United Torah Judaism party, Rabbi Aviezer Piltz says Israel is worse than the Nazis as it won't separate men and women
By JTA
The Jerusalem District Court building in East Jerusalem. (Screen capture Google Maps)
September 24, 2018, 2:25 pm
Charedi radio station fined for keeping women’s voices off the air
Kol Berama handed a hefty fine of over £200,000 by Jerusalem District Court for refusing to allow female voices on the airwaves
By JTA
Thousands of Charedim protest against construction work on the sabbath. Photo by: Reuven Kastro
September 24, 2018, 2:17 pm
Thousands of Charedim protest against Shabbat train work in Tel Aviv
More than 10,000 demonstrators took to the streets to sing songs and urge the construction work to halt on Saturday
By JTA
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