Ultra-orthodox Jews

Israel's army said on Sunday that the number of women serving in its combat units had reached a record level this year as it seeks to further boost such participation.

When Avihay Marciano completed his schooling; he didn't know how to use a computer or speak English and had only elementary math skills. Now, Marciano and 50 others who left the insular ultra-Orthodox community are suing the state, claiming they were denied a basic education and left lagging far behind secular Israelis.

Israeli lawmakers passed a law extending to six years the long-existing automatic exemption from conscription given by the Jewish state to ultra-Orthodox men, the parliament said Tuesday.

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews attempting to illegally visit a holy site in the West Bank set ablaze last week were assaulted by Palestinians while five were also arrested, authorities said today.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem today, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said.

Israeli police on Thursday detained five women at a Jerusalem holy site for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men.

Israel's ultra-Orthodox community, which has traditionally used violent protests and political clout to push its agenda, is turning to a new tactic to get its way in this overwhelmingly secular society: market power. The fast-growing community has emerged as a consumer powerhouse, using classic market muscle to drive the development of produ...

Police are preventing hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews from blocking a main street in protest against a Jerusalem municipal parking lot that is open on the Jewish Sabbath.

Israel's army said on Sunday that the number of women serving in its combat units had reached a record level this year as it seeks to further boost such participation.

When Avihay Marciano completed his schooling; he didn't know how to use a computer or speak English and had only elementary math skills. Now, Marciano and 50 others who left the insular ultra-Orthodox community are suing the state, claiming they were denied a basic education and left lagging far behind secular Israelis.

Israeli lawmakers passed a law extending to six years the long-existing automatic exemption from conscription given by the Jewish state to ultra-Orthodox men, the parliament said Tuesday.

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews attempting to illegally visit a holy site in the West Bank set ablaze last week were assaulted by Palestinians while five were also arrested, authorities said today.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem today, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said.

Israeli police on Thursday detained five women at a Jerusalem holy site for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men.

Israel's ultra-Orthodox community, which has traditionally used violent protests and political clout to push its agenda, is turning to a new tactic to get its way in this overwhelmingly secular society: market power. The fast-growing community has emerged as a consumer powerhouse, using classic market muscle to drive the development of produ...

Police are preventing hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews from blocking a main street in protest against a Jerusalem municipal parking lot that is open on the Jewish Sabbath.