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United Torah Judaism election candidate Eliakim Stark speaks at an election event in Beit Shemesh, October 15, 2026. (Screenshot/X/Avi Moskoff)
October 16, 2026, 12:39 pm
Outrage as UTJ candidate likens situation of ultra-Orthodox in Israel to Jews in Holocaust
Stark says draft-dodging men can’t travel for marriage matches: ‘Reminds me of our grandparents’ stories’; Pindrus, Deri regret backing Ohana, a gay MK, as Knesset speaker: ‘Desecration of God’s name’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf speaks at a faction meeting for his ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party on March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 24, 2025, 9:42 pm
UTJ’s Goldknopf symbolically resigns minor role in PMO amid row over Haredi draft
Housing minister keeps his main portfolio but relinquishes 2nd job after outcry for his dancing to anti-Zionist song; he cites lack of progress on military exemption for yeshiva students
By Sam Sokol
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Belz Hassidic dynasty attend the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach, the grandson of the Belz Rabbi, to Hana Batya Pener in Jerusalem on May 22, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
January 27, 2022, 8:19 am
Belz Hasidic sect to begin teaching core curriculum, more communities may follow
Education Ministry outline expected to launch next school year, with the state funding institutions according to students’ scores in math, science, Hebrew and English
By ToI Staff
The leader of the Belz Hasidic sect, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, December 15, 2015. (Yaacov Cohen/ FLASH90/ File)
December 13, 2021, 3:38 am
Israeli leader of Belz Hasidic sect urges teachers in Brooklyn yeshiva to vaccinate
Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach tells staff at new school being built in Borough Park that they should comply with NYC private school vaccine mandate
By Shira Hanau
Ultra-Orthodox Jews keep social distance amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, during a protest against what they say is incitement against the city and country's religious population, in the southern Israeli city of Arad, October 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
October 20, 2020, 8:26 pm
Ultra-Orthodox hold protest in Arad, rigorously adhering to virus rules
Gur Hasidic sect, which has been accused of flouting rules in the past, organizes rally against alleged incitement, keeping mask-wearing and distancing guidelines
By ToI Staff
Laniado Hospital, also known as the Sanz Medical Center, in Kiryat Sanz in the coastal city of Netanya, March 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
October 13, 2020, 10:26 am
Report: Second Hasidic leader secretly treated at home for COVID-19
Sanz rebbe, Zvi Elimelech Halberstam, reportedly received oxygen treatment at home after refusing to be hospitalized; follows claim that head of Belz dynasty also got at-home care
By ToI Staff
The leader of the Belz Hasidic sect, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, December 15, 2015. (Yaacov Cohen/ FLASH90/ File)
October 12, 2020, 10:33 pm
Hasidic rebbe secretly treated at home for COVID by Hadassah Ein Kerem — report
Hospital denies ‘fake news’ that it provided Belz rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach with round-the-clock treatment, and built a mini intensive care unit in his home
By ToI Staff
A screenshot from a video said to show thousands of ultra-Orthodox at a wedding in Jerusalem, in violation of coronavirus restrictions, on August 5, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
August 6, 2020, 8:52 pm
Criminal probe opened into mass ultra-Orthodox wedding in Jerusalem
Police decry ‘blatant violation’ of virus rules after thousands don’t wear masks or distance at Hasidic event indoors; report says Haredi lawmaker was present
By ToI Staff
A screenshot from a video said to show thousands of ultra-Orthodox at a wedding in Jerusalem, in violation of coronavirus restrictions, on August 5, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
August 6, 2020, 12:46 am
Thousands said to attend Jerusalem Hasidic wedding in violation of virus rules
Belz religious sect reportedly holds event counter to police instructions, threatens attendees against taking photos or video
By ToI Staff
Belz Hasid singer Shulem Lemmer was signed to major record label, Universal Music Group, June 2018. (Edward Daniel)
June 28, 2018, 11:23 pm
Signed to major label, Belz Hasid singer Shulem Lemmer lives ‘The Perfect Dream’
With two singles already released, the 28-year-old musician is now recording an eclectic album for Decca Gold accompanied by London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
By Cathryn J. Prince
Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush at the opening of the ministry's crisis center, in preparation for the opening of the school year, August 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 5, 2017, 3:32 am
Deputy education minister testifies for Haredi teacher charged with sexual abuse
Meir Porush asks court to allow suspect, accused of abusing minors at Tel Aviv institution, to attend daughter’s wedding to prevent her ‘trauma’
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative image of sandbox (maximkabb/IStock by Getty Images)
April 30, 2017, 8:04 pm
3-year-old boy dies after choking in sandbox
Police question five staff members at Kiryat Gat daycare center
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of an empty school classroom. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
August 2, 2016, 4:20 pm
6 teachers at ultra-Orthodox school indicted for alleged student abuse
Main suspect accused of indecent acts against minors at Tel Aviv institution; 22 victims allegedly abused over decade
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Stamford Hill section of London. (CC BY-dcaseyphoto/Flickr)
July 11, 2016, 2:59 pm
Hasidic school in London reprimanded for not teaching about gender
Inspectors: Unconditional adherence to code of Jewish law prevents pupils from learning about sexual orientation
By JTA
Illustrative photo of an ambulance (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )
April 1, 2016, 4:35 am
Two Israelis wounded in Brussels attack flown to Israel
Chaim Winternitz and Mendy Farkash, hospitalized in Jerusalem with moderate injuries, were in Belgium for a wedding
By ToI Staff
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