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Haredi MK visits jailed yeshiva students held for draft dodging, calls arrests ‘stain on Israel’

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni visits several ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who are being held in military prison for draft evasion. “It is a great stain on the State of Israel that someone who ...
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Ex-chief rabbi calls father of slain soldier a ‘heretic’ for pushing to draft yeshiva students

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who is also the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, calls a fellow rabbi and bereaved father a heretic for advocating conscription for yeshiva ...