The wig and long skirt she wears are not slowing Michal Zernowitski down in her race to become the first ultra-Orthodox woman MP for the Labor party in Israel's April polls. Michal Zernowitski, a ...

Degel HaTorah, a major ultra-Orthodox political party in Israel, said it will oppose a proposed law to impose the death ...

An all woman’s screening at a London JCC of an Israeli movie by a haredi Orthodox film-maker was cancelled after a complaint to the country’s the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. “Gift of Fire” ...

Draft-dodging religious students under pressure as IDF seeks recruits amid burnout and casualties from Gaza war ...

BNEI BARAK, Israel — (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a vote to dissolve parliament Wednesday and key coalition partners have threatened to bring down his government. Still, few think it ...

CANTERBURY, England — Two prominent leaders of England’s Jewish community and a representative of the chief rabbi have joined in repudiating rabbis from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in London that ...

Deep divisions in Israeli society over the current draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has emerged as the most ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The deadliest attack in Israel’s history happened on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s watch. The country’s economy is struggling under the weight of the ongoing war in Gaza. And ...