Tomorrow, the Arazim Terminal in northern Jerusalem opens, mainly serving ultra-Orthodox routes but also potentially saving secular residents long trips.
The haredi world is overwhelmingly cut-off from the war reality that “mainstream” Israel is living, purposefully and devastatingly so.
An early discovery was the marked lack of understanding among many rabbis about the mass media, matched by comparative ignorance about religion in a fair number of journalists.
Many haredi publications have argued that the ruling has effectively "torn apart" haredim from the rest of Israeli society.
David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision not to draft yeshiva students shaped Israel's policy, sparking decades of debate on military exemptions amid societal and political transformations.
The government cannot afford to completely ignore the ruling and refrain from drafting any haredim.
Israel's new NIS 70M plan aims to boost haredi employment and productivity through education incentives, but IDF exemptions pose challenges.
Israel should create a military environment in which it is possible to study and maintain a haredi identity.
Mayor of Modi’in-Maccabim-Reut and chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel, Haim Bibas, criticizes the 'Rabbis Law', calling for more focus on issues in the north and south.
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