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AN IDF soldier leans on the Western Wall in Jerusalem. It is a mitzvah to form a Jewish military guard for the security of those returning to Zion, writes Rabbi Tzvi Kalischer.

Drafting to the IDF is the Jewish thing to do

By YISRAEL MEDAD

Incoming defense minister Israel Katz attends a discussion and vote on the inclusion of MK Gideon Saar as a Minister in the government at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on September 30, 2024.

Defense Minister Israel Katz not blocking IDF issuing 7,000 draft orders to haredim

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Solving the issue of the ultra-Orthodox enlistment is a national imperative

By Romy Leibler/The Media Line

DESPITE THE IDF’s calculation that it needs 7,000 new troops, Monday’s vote to revive an older haredi draft bill was approved by the majority of the Knesset members.

Is the haredi draft crisis solvable, and what role does the Religious Zionist Party have in it?

By ELIAV BREUER

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are both seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Netanyahu tells haredi MKs Gallant's dismissal possible after Iran strikes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

EREZ TADMOR: Both of the movies aren’t vulgar, they’re modest, you don’t see men and women touching, there isn’t cursing.

'Matchmaking 2': Director Erez Tadmor explains the timing behind the haredi comedy sequel

By HANNAH BROWN

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump speaks at an event commemorating the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel on Monday in Doral, Florida.

Ultra-orthodox US Jews intend to vote Trump, survey finds

By Mathilda Heller

Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of Ultra orthodox jews to the IDF in the Ultra orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024.

'No young man will go to the army': Senior rabbi dissuades yeshiva students from IDF service

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A dish from the Caballero restaurant.

Caballero - a restaurant not only for the ultra-Orthodox

By DEBBIE LAMPERT

‘MAINSTREAM ISRAELIS, struggling to pay higher taxes while recalling their ultra-Orthodox brethren’s absence from the war’s battlefields, will demand and obtain an end to the ultra-Orthodox deal.’ Here, haredim protest against the IDF draft outside an IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem.

October 7 trauma’s political aftermath will be like Yom Kippur War’s aftermath

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of Ultra orthodox jews to the IDF in the Ultra orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024.

Biden administration praises Rabbi Lando's stance on Temple Mount amid controversy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police forces outside the IDF Michve Alon base in northern Israel, August 14, 2024

Haredim protest draft at northern recruitment base, 12 arrested

By SHAKED SADEH

Itamar Ben-Gvir gazing at the Dome of the Rock during his visit to Temple Mount on 18.7.2024

‘Temple desecrators’: Haredi newspapers slam Ben-Gvir's ascent to Temple Mount

By YAKI ADAMKER

A haredi man reads a newspaper in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood.

Israel to stop subsidizing haredi children's daycare amid IDF draft efforts

By ELIAV BREUER

Ultra orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, in central Israel, August 6, 2024.

Haredim break into Tel Hashomer base to protest IDF draft

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , MAARIV

HAREDI STUDENTS learn in a yeshiva.

Major haredi systems to face organizational overhaul after financial trouble

By ELIAV BREUER

Winning team at the hackathon.

Religious women develop technology to find lost travelers at JCT women’s hackathon

By RIKKI ZAGELBAUM

A Hasidic man walks by a police car in a Jewish Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn, April 24, 2017.

NJ man sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2022 spree of violent antisemitic attacks

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA