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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

Ponevezh Yeshiva

Rabbi Asher Deutsch teaches a class in Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnai Brak in an undated photo. (Givat Hayeshiva)
January 8, 2025, 11:12 am
Till death do them part: After top rabbi dies, power struggle blazes at elite Haredi yeshiva
The split at Ponevezh Yeshiva runs so deep that it delayed the head rabbi’s funeral last month, but when it comes to the army, the question is not ‘if’ but ‘how’ to evade the draft
By Mati Wagner
Undated photo of then-Ponevezh Yeshiva (Ponevitch) head Rabbi Asher Deutsch. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
December 16, 2024, 3:01 pm
Rabbi Asher Deutsch, leader of hardline Jerusalem Faction, dies at 79
The radical ultra-Orthodox group he headed campaigns against drafting community members into the IDF
By ToI Staff
Haredi men block a police vehicle at the entrance to Jerusalem in protest of the arrest of an ultra-Orthodox military draft dodger, September 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 13, 2023, 8:55 pm
Haredi extremists block roads in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv to protest draft dodger’s arrest
Mass demonstrations near entrance to capital and on Route 4 include violent clashes between cops and protesters, some of whom say they’d die rather than serve in military
By ToI Staff
An ultra-Orthodox man walks past a sign for the IDF recruitment office in Jerusalem, August 16, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 13, 2023, 10:39 am
Extremist sect threatens protests after yeshiva student arrested for IDF desertion
Anti-Zionist Jerusalem Faction says it will block roads across country over detention of 23-year-old from Bnei Brak
By ToI Staff
Mourners attend the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak on May 30, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
May 30, 2023, 7:35 pm
‘Like Moses’: Hundreds of thousands attend funeral for Rabbi Gershon Edelstein
Many elbow their way to touch the stretcher carrying the late Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox leader to his final resting place in Bnei Brak
By Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 26, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
October 11, 2020, 11:14 pm
Rabbi Kanievsky orders Haredi boys schools to reopen, then rescinds his decision
Top ultra-Orthodox leader, himself sick with COVID, backtracks on ruling that defied national virus rules; reportedly came under pressure to rethink from Ponevezh Yeshiva head
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky (front R) and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein (Front C) attend a rally of the UTJ party to support the candidacy of Moshe Lion ahead of the Jerusalem municipal elections, on October 25, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
April 24, 2020, 11:26 am
After apparent spat, top ultra-Orthodox rabbis announce yeshivas not reopening
Chaim Kanievsky and Gershon Edelstein, who reportedly previously disagreed on matter, tell their Lithuanian sect studies to be held as normally as possible from home
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky (front R) and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein (Front C) attend a rally of the UTJ party to support the candidacy of Moshe Lion ahead of the Jerusalem municipal elections, on October 25, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
April 22, 2020, 4:58 am
Top Haredi rabbi Kanievsky orders yeshivas opened; his colleague blocks him – TV
Amid report of unprecedented split among ultra-Orthodox leaders, joint statement warns government against ‘foot dragging’ on solution to COVID-19 closures of religious institutions
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
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