Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte.
Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte.
For years Haredi men have been allowed to continue Torah study, but proposal could force some to enlist A proposed bill to extend compulsory military service to ultra-Orthodox students, historically exempt from conscription, has ignited a fierce debate in Israel, with Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly warning that failure to pass the law could jeopardise the stability of the government.Israel has mandatory army service but for decades made an exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews, also known as Haredi,...
Opposition leader Yair Lapid calls Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
Orthodox women protesting slow movement by a religious court in granting a divorce. Women in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community are railing against a traditional practice that makes it hard for married women to get a divorce. [ more › ]
Two of the three members of Israel’s war cabinet signalled their opposition to government proposals on the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox men into the military, setting up a potential collapse of the government coalition. The Israeli Supreme Court had given the government until the end of March to explain why there is no legislation regarding the conscription of the ultra-Orthodox, known in Hebrew as Haredim, and why the government continues to fund Haredi religious schools, or yeshivas, while...
Thousands lined the streets in neighborhood of Me'a She'arim on Monday to participate in the festival of Purim. It is understood that chaos broke out after a person climbed on an ambulance.