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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

Agudath Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, right, arriving for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 7, 2025, 8:39 am
Hasidic MKs tell Netanyahu they’ll oppose budget if draft exemption law not passed
Report says despite PM’s promises, Haredi draft exemption bill likely to be postponed; out of 10,000 Haredim who received draft orders since July, only 177 have enlisted, IDF says
By Sam Sokol
Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Heritage Meir Porush arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2023, 7:09 pm
UTJ minister criticized for lobbying for son’s election the day after Oct. 7 attack
Party spokesman acknowledges Meir Porush sent letter seeking support on Oct. 8, but rejects claims ‘his political activity continued in full force’ as ‘a complete lie’
By Sam Sokol
Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism party leader Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 17, 2023, 9:08 am
Haredi parties said to demand hundreds of millions more to back budget
Agudat Yisrael faction reportedly seeking additional funds for education in exchange for its support, threatens to renew ultimatum on draft exemption law
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism MKs Yisrael Eichler, center and Meir Porush in the Knesset, January 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
May 2, 2023, 11:40 pm
Netanyahu’s Haredi allies turn up heat, reiterate demand for military exemption law
UTJ minister Porush tells PM to go home if he can’t keep coalition deal vow to pass law before budget approval; fellow MK threatens party may avoid voting for crucial state budget
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)
January 4, 2023, 10:56 am
Degel Hatorah coalition faction mouthpiece pans Ben Gvir for Temple Mount visit
Yated Neeman calls move ‘futile and great folly,’ says it helps provoke Palestinian terror; publications aligned with Agudat Israel less critical but note halachic ban on visits
By ToI Staff
A law enforcement officer lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
May 26, 2022, 1:07 am
Jewish groups share horror over Texas shooting, but remain split on gun control
Organizations affiliated with liberal and progressive streams of Judaism call for reforms after latest mass killing, but others shy away from taking politically fraught stance
By Ron Kampeas
Jordan Burnette, the suspect in a series of synagogue attacks in the Riverdale section of the Bronx on May 3, 2021. (Screen capture/WCBS-2)
May 6, 2021, 6:24 am
Release of suspect in Bronx synagogue attacks reignites debate over bail reform
Several groups object to decision and call for allowing judges to set bail for perpetrators of hate crimes, while progressives say move would roll back recent progress on issue
By Shira Hanau
Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
January 7, 2021, 1:28 pm
US Jewish groups express ‘outrage,’ ‘disgust’ at DC violence, criticize Trump
AIPAC lobby group condemns president’s ‘incitement,’ ADL calls for suspension of his social media accounts; others focus on restoring law and order to Capitol
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Members of the ultra-Orthodox community speak with NYPD officers on a street corner on October 7, 2020, in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/John Minchillo)
October 9, 2020, 3:16 am
Top NY Haredi rabbi: Virus compliance waned because people thought crisis passed
Agudath Israel spokesman says Brooklyn protests sparked by anger at New York authorities, who he says bullied Orthodox Jewish community instead of engaging with it
By Jacob Magid
A Jewish man and a child stand on a street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 24, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)
July 1, 2020, 10:53 am
For Orthodox groups, US Supreme Court’s ruling on religious schools is a big win
Orthodox Union, Agudath Israel filed briefs in case viewed as proxy in school vouchers fight; ruling doesn’t force states to offer programs; New York, New Jersey don’t allow them
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis gives a speech as he attends a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster, on January 27, 2015. (AP/Chris Jackson)
January 10, 2020, 8:11 am
UK chief rabbi disinvited from London event marking end of Talmud study cycle
Invite rescinded reportedly because Mirvis angered some parts of the Orthodox Jewish community in 2018 when he released a guide for Jewish schools on how to support LGBT students
By Marcy Oster
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attends a conference of the ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel party in the coastal city of Netanya on January 30, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
February 1, 2019, 10:01 am
Ultra-Orthodox said expected to push hard line on Shabbat in coalition talks
Agudath Israel document reportedly calls for party’s MKs to be appointed to Knesset bodies deciding laws to ensure they adhere to religious strictures
By ToI Staff
MKs Yaakov Litzman, Moshe Gafni, Meir Porush and Uri Makleff signing an agreement between Degel Hatorah and Agudat Yisrael to run in the April elections as the United Torah Judaism party, January 16, 2019. (Degel Hatorah)
January 16, 2019, 5:57 pm
Ultra-Orthodox factions reunite in ‘equal’ United Torah Judaism
After ‘procedural’ breakup, Degel Hatorah and Agudat Yisrael sign new pact splitting the slate evenly for first time
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 12, 2019, 2:23 am
Court rules ultra-Orthodox party must end ban on women within 21 days
Though coalition’s Agudath Israel agrees to change regulations, it stresses move is ‘symbolic’ and ‘devoid of meaning,’ as its rabbis won’t allow women to run regardless
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Eliezer Berland (L), a convicted sex offender, meets with UTJ's Meir Porush at a Beit Shemesh wedding on January 6, 2019 (courtesy)
January 10, 2019, 5:41 pm
For votes, ultra-Orthodox MKs don’t rule out followers of sex offender rabbi
Deputy education minister seen speaking to Eliezer Berland, but both factions of the former United Torah Judaism deny intention to drum up support among fringe messianic community
By Marissa Newman
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