Women in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community near New York are taking an unusual approach to getting their voices heard: they’re going on a sex strike. More than 800 Hasidic women have refused to ...

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In the days and weeks that followed the unprecedented Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023, a wind of change ...

Items approved include $350 million for yeshivas, $2.2 million for groups that arrange IDF exemptions for Haredi students, $6 ...

But for women who do choose to roll back their internet usage, groups such as TAG stand ready to install “kosher” filters on their phones and computers. “The ultra-Orthodox mostly think that ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

60-year-old man arrested on suspicion of heading group that also held children. A cult-like group was raided by police in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Jerusalem in which dozens of women and ...

Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jews can be conscripted ... They have a "distinctive" dress with long "modest garments" for women and head coverings for men, and maintain ...