Gilad Malach

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Nov 10, 2023, 1:31 PM

The Haredi uproar over redirecting funds to the war effort

Haredi Jews visit Israeli soldiers to show their support as they deploy at a position near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

In their single-minded pursuit of coalition funding, Haredi politicians are more disconnected from the priorities of the Haredi public than ever

Sep 14, 2022, 4:37 PM

Israel’s future depends on Haredi integration

Illustrative: Haredi Jews collect water for use in the making of Matza, from a mountain spring outside Jerusalem on April 14, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

The path of isolation will devastate the country's economy – even modest advances toward modernizing will not outweigh the demographic burden

Jun 21, 2021, 3:33 PM

Not every ultra-Orthodox woman wants to be a teacher

Illustrative. KamaTech's bus load of Haredi women visit high tech offices in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. (Courtesy: Natalie Schor)

The women know they'll earn more with a higher degree. The colleges and universities welcome them. And the teaching seminaries push hard to keep them local

Mar 9, 2021, 7:24 AM

The better to support their families: The education of ultra-Orthodox women

Since 1948, there have been two significant changes in the employment of ultra-Orthodox women in Israel. Not many people are aware of the fact that recent years have seen the emergence of a struggle over a third such change. Let's...

Apr 2, 2020, 9:05 AM

How can we curb the spread of the coronavirus in the ultra-Orthodox community?

The ultra-Orthodox live in extremely crowed housing conditions, and so are at much higher risk for contagion. For weeks now, the authorities believed that the community would respect the social-distancing and isolation orders. It didn’t. Accordingly, a practical proposal...

Mar 29, 2019, 3:46 PM

Integrating the ultra-Orthodox

Illustrative. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men studying at the Torat Emet Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on February 4, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The current Knesset undermined policies that promote the integration that is key to Haredi well-being; the next Knesset has the capacity to reverse the trend

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Dr. Gilad Malach is the director of the Ultra-Orthodox Society Program at the Israel Democracy Institute.