May 16, 2013
9:18 pm

(illustrative image: dancing in Simhat Torah celebrations in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood October, 2012 via Shutterstock)

Between a good living and a good life

Haredim have been heading to work without Dov Lipman’s help and may have a thing or two to teach about what really matters

By Avraham Edelstein

May 14, 2013
3:29 am

An ultra-Orthodox school in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Haredi schools to teach core subjects in exchange for funding

Yesh Atid calls deal with Shas historic; education minister says ultra-Orthodox state school network in offing

By Joshua Davidovich

May 12, 2013
6:34 pm

Women celebrate the new month with prayer at the Western Wall, Friday, May 10, 2013(photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

Almost half of Israeli Jews back Women of the Wall

Support for pluralistic prayer group highest among Western-born Jews, says poll released amid rising tensions at the Kotel

By Stuart Winer

May 10, 2013
11:04 pm

Watch: Police safeguard prayers for Women of the Wall

For the first time, security forces hold back ultra-Orthodox demonstrators, not the pluralistic women who gather each month in prayers shawls and tefillin

By Times of Israel staff

May 10, 2013
10:11 pm

A resonant reversal at the Wall, as police protect the pluralists

400 non-Orthodox Jewish women make history at the Western Wall. But for some of them, the sense of victory is tinged by sorrow over the need for an ongoing fight

By Michal Shmulovich

May 10, 2013
6:43 am

Members of Women of the Wall gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday, May 10. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel staff)

Ultra-Orthodox teens clash with Women of the Wall at holy site

Three men arrested, two policemen injured as thousands of Haredis flock to Western Wall in failed bid to keep group from holding prayer session

By Michal Shmulovich and Yoel Goldman

May 9, 2013
11:24 am

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews holding a prayer rally in Jerusalem's Shabbat Square in opposition of the government's plan to start drafting yeshiva students into military and national service, June 25, 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers face jail from 2017

Ministerial panel says financial sanctions not enough; aims to limit exemptions on religious grounds to 1,800 per year

By Aaron Kalman

April 26, 2013
10:56 pm

Women of the Women of the Wall organization wear prayer shawls as they pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, April 11, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli court: Stop detaining women at Western Wall

Judge says there is absolutely no justification for arresting females who choose to wear religious garb at holy site

April 24, 2013
1:56 pm

Deputy Finance Minister Mickey Levi at the Knesset. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Outrage after politician calls ultra-Orthodox ‘parasites’

Deputy finance minister immediately apologizes after comment made on live radio; comparison reminiscent of 1942 Germany, Shas MK says

By Gavriel Fiske

April 21, 2013
7:07 pm

My legs

I want to respect my neighbors but I do expect, in turn, to be respected or at least left alone, when I walk down the street

By Shifra Steinmetz-Silber

April 21, 2013
5:39 pm

Sara and Benjamin Netanyahu portrayed as ultra-Orthodox photo credit: Rosy Afriat/Facebook)

Israeli celebs ‘frum’ out

Facebook meme show politicians, models as ultra-Orthodox

By Aaron Kalman

April 17, 2013
4:39 pm

Women of the Wall at the police station in October (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

In fight over religious pluralism, Western Wall is a small battle

Women’s prayer compromise may be historic, but public cares more about issues such as army draft, civil marriage and public transportation on Shabbat

By Ben Sales

April 17, 2013
12:14 pm

Lesley Sachs, director of "Women of the Wall" has been detained and arrested for wearing a tallit at the Western Wall (photo: Miriam Alster / Flash 90)

Heart of Stone: Liberating the Wall for us too

Women will keep praying at the supreme site of Jewish longing and demanding that the Kotel be liberated for them too

By Shulamit Magnus

April 16, 2013
9:28 pm

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz (photo credit: Flash90)

Defense cuts will harm IDF’s capacity to protect Israel, Gantz warns

Chief of staff says threats are shifting and growing; also says process of separate burial for non-Jewish soldiers should be reexamined