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Degel HaTorah

Grassroots Challenges Haredi Establishment

Beit Shemesh Deputy Mayor Revolts Against Haredi Political Establishment

A new movement led by Beit Shemesh deputy mayor Moti Leitner is demanding representation on Degel HaTorah and Shas Knesset lists, backed by a multimillion shekel campaign.

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Knesset this morning, Wed July 8, 2026

Coalition Crisis

Coalition Splits Over Torah Study Basic Law

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United Torah Judaism parliament member Yaakov Asher at the opening event of their election campaign, ahead of the Israeli elections, in Jerusalem, on February 12, 2020.

Uh oh

UTJ to Netanyahu: Right-Wing Alliance Not Guaranteed

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Gafni with members of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah

Defiance Amid Persecution

Rabbi Lando & Gafni's Defiant Dance Amid Draft Crisis

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Moshe Gafni

Rising tensions

Gafni Orders Complete Police Boycott: "We Will Not Be Partners in Harming Torah"

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

One last try

Netanyahu ‘Stunned’ as Haredi Parties Reject Latest Draft Bill

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View of the main building of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem.

Smells like elections

Coalition Pulls Legislation Over Charedi Break

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Moti Babchik, MK Gafni

Rejected Deal Haunts Coalition.

Breaking: Haredi Parties Rejected Center-Left Conscription Deal Two Years Ago

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Rabbi Dov Lando

Draft Law Heats Up

Haredi Party Gives Green Light to Advance Draft Law, Opposition is Furious

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Hamas terrorists in Gaza

Eli Gotthelf

Death penalty for terrorists? My heart shouts yes, my head says wait

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Rabbi Baruch Shmuel HaKohen Deutsch זצ"ל

BD"H

Mourning in the Torah World: Rabbi Baruch Shmuel Deutsch Passes Away at 82

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Ultra-Orthodox rabbis attend an emergency conference against the draft of yeshiva students, outside Jerusalem, July 30, 2025.

Fever Pitch

Are Haredim going to war with the government? 

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haredi girls

ethnic discrimination?

Discrimination Against Sephardic Girls in Jerusalem: 440 Left Without a Seminary Placement

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Goldknopf

rare and explosive interview

Goldknopf Breaks Silence: “What Do You Want From These Poor Yeshiva Boys? Let Them Live”

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Coalition on the Brink

Exclusive: Will Netanyahu’s Government Collapse Today? Haredi Parties Issue 24-Hour Ultimatum

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Housing Minister Goldknopf

Political Shock

Draft Crisis Erupts: Minister Goldknopf Submits Resignation to Netanyahu

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Over a thousand Ultra Orthodox Jews protested outside the military prison, south of Haifa, in solidarity with two Yeshiva students who were imprisoned for refusing to report to the IDF recruitment offices

Coalition hangs by a thread over draft.

Netanyahu's Coalition on the Brink as Haredi Rabbis Plot Next Move

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Rabbi Meir Zvi Bergman

Rabbi Meir Zvi Bergman

Litvaks public leader on spitting: "total ban"

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