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Police officers remove ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking the road during a protest against military conscription outside the Israeli Supreme Court. Israel's Supreme Court hears on 02 June a response by the state over the ultra orthodox recruitment issue, after previously extending a deadline for the government to present a conscription plan for ultra-Orthodox Jews, who are traditionally exempt from military service. (Credit Image: © Saeed Qaq/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire) EDITORIAL USAGE ONLY! Not for Commercial USAGE!
July 2, 2024, 8:44 am
Thousands of ultra-orthodox protest looming army enlistment
Demonstrators also threw rocks at an ultra-orthodox minister's car as he drove past the really in Jerusalem
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef.
April 29, 2024, 9:05 am
Sephardi Chief Rabbi: Yeshiva students protected Israel from rockets, not IDF
'Thank God for the miracles and wonders we had. Thanks to what? Thanks to the IDF chief? Thanks to the Torah students and yeshiva students,' Yitzhak Yosef said.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Ultra orthodox Jews block a road and clash with police during a protest against the drafting of Ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, on road number 4, outside the city of Bnei Brak, April 1, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
April 2, 2024, 3:21 pm
‘To jail and not the army’: Ultra-orthodox block highway as draft exemption expires
'For a change, they will be forced to act as if they are a law-abiding government in a law-abiding country,' Yair Lapid said following the Supreme Court ruling last week.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish clash with Israeli police during a protest against the arrest of rabbi Shmuel Ya'akov Kahn grandson who failed to comply with a recruitment order, near the army recruiting office in Jerusalem Photo by: JINIPIX
March 28, 2024, 1:26 pm
Israel to prepare enlistment of strictly-Orthodox on 1 April
In February, the Supreme Court ordered the government to explain why Charedim still aren’t drafted to the army. The deadline expired on Wednesday.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Benny Gantz.
March 25, 2024, 8:31 am
‘Red line’: Gantz to quit government if draft bill exempting ultra-orthodox passes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has prepared an outline for a new draft bill which has been harshly criticised by both Gantz's party and the opposition.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Some of the current startups on the BizLabs programme
March 17, 2023, 12:08 am
Charedi startup founders showcase their tech innovations
A selection of ultra-orthodox entrepreneurs will pitch to investors in London next week as part of the BizLabs 'scalerator' programne, created to help Charedis scale their startups
By Candice Krieger
December 6, 2022, 10:14 am
Community leader ‘chuffed’ to receive BBC honour for outreach
Charedi pioneer Joel Friedman recognised for building bridges in Essex community of Canvey Island.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Google (Photo by Mitchell Luo on Unsplash)
October 26, 2022, 12:07 am
Google & Reichman University in Israel to establish ‘school of high-tech’
Google pledged earlier this year to invest £22 million in diversifying high-tech employment in Israel
By Jotam Confino
A Charedi man, handcuffed, being taken away by Israeli police
March 27, 2017, 3:14 pm
Israeli police arrest 22 Charedi men suspected of sexual abuse
Officers pelted with projectiles and their vehicle windows are smashed, as they detain residents of Orthodox neighbourhoods
Screenshot from a video showing ultra-Orthodox Jewish passengers on board a flight from London Stansted to Rzeszow in Poland, March 19, 2017. The plane made an emergency landing in Amsterdam. (Hiemishe LIVE NEWS/Twitter)
March 20, 2017, 9:29 am
Plane carrying Charedi pilgrims forced into emergency landing
Watch the moment distraught passengers pull on oxygen masks during emergency descent on Titan Airways flight.
By Alex Davis
Lady Justice
November 29, 2016, 9:34 am
Bitter court battle over Orthodox family split
A man who split from his wife and left the Satmar community has been accused of exposing his children to an 'alien way of life' by allowing them to break Shabbat
By Jewish News Reporter
Just the job: Kemach participants heed career advice
April 25, 2016, 4:44 am
Israel’s unemployed strictly-Orthodox
Half of Israel’s strictly-Orthodox men are unemployed, so we look at a project in the Galil, giving them a step up
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Delta Flight 468, bound for Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, was reportedly held up for half an hour.
January 5, 2015, 4:38 pm
Charedi men refuse to sit next to women, delay flight
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