Leaving the ultra-Orthodox community is nothing new in Israel. Everyone, secular or religious, knows someone who used to be on, but is now “off the derech.” But the phenomenon hasn’t been well studied. Most of what we know comes from...
Leaving the ultra-Orthodox community is nothing new in Israel. Everyone, secular or religious, knows someone who used...
While recent haredi protests against Israel’s mandatory military draft have been hard to miss, there is a story within the ultra-Orthodox community that goes almost entirely unnoticed: the nearly 3,000 “lone soldiers” of haredi...
While recent haredi protests against Israel’s mandatory military draft have been hard to miss, there is a story...
A lawsuit argues that men and women who left the ultra-Orthodox world without basic math, history, and language knowledge to live secular lives were neglected by the state. The state counters that it’s the parents’ fault לקריאת הכתבה...
A lawsuit argues that men and women who left the ultra-Orthodox world without basic math, history, and language...
Group of ex-Haredis sue state for preventing them from integrating into workforce by allowing strictly religious, separate school system to operate לקריאת הכתבה המלאה לחץ כאן קרא עוד... from Former ultra-Orthodox Jews...
Group of ex-Haredis sue state for preventing them from integrating into workforce by allowing strictly religious,...
For many ex-ultra-Orthodox Jews, leaving the community means being excommunicated by their families, shunned by their friends, and learning how to navigate the modern world alone לקריאת הכתבה המלאה לחץ כאן קרא עוד... from...
For many ex-ultra-Orthodox Jews, leaving the community means being excommunicated by their families, shunned by their...
Bar Von Mayer knew that leaving ultra-Orthodoxy at age 17 would be difficult, but she didn’t know that it would be so expensive. Her Orthodox high school did not prepare her for the bagrut, the matriculation exam that is a prerequisite for...
Bar Von Mayer knew that leaving ultra-Orthodoxy at age 17 would be difficult, but she didn’t know that it would be...
They were already in their 20s the first time they ever heard about dinosaurs, learned algebra or even began understanding basic English. Now a group of young Israelis who left the closed world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism are demanding answers from...
They were already in their 20s the first time they ever heard about dinosaurs, learned algebra or even began...
The large majority of haredi boys are taught extremely basic Maths and English in elementary school and virtually none in high school לקריאת הכתבה המלאה לחץ כאן קרא עוד... from EX-HAREDIM TO SUE STATE FOR DEPRIVING THEM...
The large majority of haredi boys are taught extremely basic Maths and English in elementary school and virtually...
