Record 55.8% participation in workforce is still significantly lower than the national rate, and that of Haredi women

Haredim once had fewer children and high employment rates. Government policies changed that. As the community grows, it's getting harder to justify living at someone else's expense

In letter, former senior Bank of Israel and Treasury officials warn the planned funding of food vouchers and unregulated schools poses an 'existential threat to Israel's future'

As Haredi factions return to power, can the inward-looking politics of yesteryear rise to the challenge of a community grown too big to live at someone else’s expense?

Group includes 1.28 million people in 2023; Haredi women increasingly joining workforce while men's numbers stagnate; poverty rate twice as high as in general population

Rachel Pisam of Bnei Brak, appointed head of manpower department, says she doesn't know 'if it would have been possible a decade ago'

US reporter Jacob Magid discusses what really happened with the 'Kotel compromise' and political correspondent Tal Schneider looks at a Knesset vote on yeshiva student exemptions

Israel Democracy Institute survey finds 64% of ultra-Orthodox Israelis use the internet -- compared with 28% in 2008 -- albeit with a different focus from other Jewish Israelis

Israel Democracy Institute study suggests ultra-Orthodox men lacking a modern education struggle to make enough money in job market to make employment worthwhile

A pilot program backed by rabbis, top tech firms and university profs is teaching ultra-Orthodox young women the skills needed to land well-paid software engineering jobs