Ramping up rhetoric in race’s final leg, leaders of the Haredi and secular parties see in each other the perfect nemesis to drive turnout among their supporters

Popular philosopher lays out Israeli Jews' foundational religious and secular thinkers, ultra-Orthodoxy's 'optical illusion' and the paradox of Purim

The focus of growing anger, and increasingly frustrated in turn at the government's lax enforcement of virus rules, the ultra-Orthodox are now a political time bomb

Top rabbi Chaim Kanievsky reportedly approves move amid soaring virus case numbers and deaths; more institutions said likely to join in coming days

While some community members have questions about safety and long-term effects of rapidly produced COVID-19 vaccine, others have a long anti-vax history

Video shows members of Pnei Menachem community failing to follow any health guidelines on eighth night of holiday, amid ongoing rise in infections

Funding cuts, stemmed momentum, and split on virus policies mean community no longer prepared for likely resurgence of now-dormant attacks once life returns to normal, leaders say

Mayor pushes advance decision on how many elected positions should go to Haredim, non-Orthodox, angering everyone; city says aim is to prevent one side pushing out the other

The PM has clung to power by forging a tight coalition of rightists and Haredim, but Haredim now openly defy and condemn him, and most Yamina voters want him out of politics

PM says rules will be enforced, calls on Haredi community to heed regulations, after top ultra-Orthodox leader instructs boys' schools to resume teaching despite ban