Ultra-Orthodox
Yesterday the 'Arazim' bus terminal in northern Jerusalem opened, aimed primarily at serving ultra-Orthodox communities while potentially benefiting secular residents by reducing travel distances.
Vaccination, Whooping Cough, Ultra-Orthodox
The Health Ministry publishes children's vaccination info: ultra-Orthodox strongholds have the lowest vaccination rate.
IDF, Extended Reserve Duty Requirement
Despite heavy backlash after extending the Haredi exemption draft law, the government have gone forward with the bill adding a year to reserve military service.
Mitzvah
Rabbi Meir Mazuz on the words of Rabbi Dov Lando, according to which yeshiva students should not comfort the mourners or visit the wounded: "In my opinion, it is a mitzvah to go to comfort, why not?"
Goldknopf Condemns
Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf addressed the video in which an ultra-Orthodox extremist family is seen calling towards a soldier in a vehicle "We will die and not enlist," and compared her to dogs and frogs, criticizing the behavior of the ultra-Orthodox in the video.