Dozens barricade themselves in Jerusalem yeshiva as police close it down for violating closure orders; man arrested with knife, pepper spray; riots also take place in Bnei Brak

11 demonstrators arrested for assaulting officers; 3 cops and 2 city inspectors injured during rioting outside extremist sect's educational institution

With coronavirus increasingly politicized and amid shifting recommendations, physicians find themselves struggling to maintain their communities' trust in medical professionals

Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman reportedly calls to vote against bill seen as preventing elections, in bid to pressure PM for yeshiva funding

Meanwhile, Health Minister Edelstein says outcry over program is 'anti-Semitism,' and anyway majority of those arriving are not ultra-Orthodox

The principal reason ultra-Orthodox politicians exist is to safeguard the well-being of their insular constituents. When that became a life-or-death mission, they let us all down

Order comes after police find 200 students at Haredi school in Tel Aviv violating ban on public gatherings of over 10 people to contain virus

In theory, private religious schools are required to offer comparable education to public ones, but some grads leave barely speaking English; new regulations would up enforcement

State Supreme Court Judge Christina Ryba says Education Department did not follow proper procedure; critics say religious schools not providing proper education