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What is the percentage of Haredim in Israel?
12%
In 2018, the Israel Democracy institute estimated that the Haredim comprised 12% of Israel’s total population, and just over 15% of the Jewish population.
Do Haredi Jews serve in the military?
Haredi Jews in Israel who declared that Torah study is their profession were exempt from compulsory military service or served for a short period until the law changed in 2014. Legislation on this has since changed in a way that has been contested by the High Court.
Is Chabad haredi?
According to sociologists studying contemporary Jewry, the Chabad movement fits into neither the standard category of Haredi nor that of modern Orthodox among Orthodox Jews.
Where do Haredi live in Israel?
Jerusalem
Haredi or Chareidi Jerusalem refers to the parts of Jerusalem which are overwhelmingly populated by Haredi (or ‘ultra-Orthodox’) Jews. More than a third of Jerusalem’s population (200,000 people), and more than 60% of Jewish youth in Jerusalem, are Haredi.
Can you refuse the IDF?
The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled in 2002 that refusal to serve was legal on the grounds of unqualified pacifism, but “selective refusal” which accepted some duties and not others was illegal. The court said that allowing selective refusal would “weaken the ties that bind us as a nation”.
Who is exempt from IDF service?
Exemption from IDF service for immigrants applies in the same circumstances as exemptions for native-born Israelis. Parents, pregnant women, married couples (married men over the age of 22, married women over the age of 21) are exempt from conscription.
What does haredi mean in Hebrew?
ultra-Orthodox Judaism, also called Haredi Judaism, any of several groups within Orthodox Judaism that strictly observe Jewish religious law and separate themselves from Gentile society as well as from Jews who do not follow the religious law as strictly as they do.
Is joining the IDF mandatory?
National military service is mandatory for all Israeli citizens over the age of 18, although Arab (but not Druze) citizens are exempted if they so please, and other exceptions may be made on religious, physical or psychological grounds (see Profile 21).