Bnei Brak

Illustrative: Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

May 30, 2023, 7:35 pm

‘Like Moses’: Hundreds of thousands attend funeral for Rabbi Gershon Edelstein

Many elbow their way to touch the stretcher carrying the late Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox leader to his final resting place in Bnei Brak

By Canaan Lidor

Thousands gather around the body of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, on May 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

May 30, 2023, 1:25 pm

Police close roads as hundreds of thousands gather for Edelstein’s Bnei Brak funeral

Masses converge on Tel Aviv suburb as prominent Haredi spiritual leader laid to rest

By ToI Staff

May 25, 2023, 5:38 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

Products at Be Pharmacy with purple stickers covering the faces of women on May 17, 2023. (Twitter account of Stav Ella used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 21, 2023, 5:05 pm

After backlash, Bnei Brak drugstore stops covering up images of women on products

Shufersal’s Be pharmacy says exclusion of women against its policies; changes made at branch following dialogue with protesters and local rabbi

By ToI Staff

May 18, 2023, 6:07 am

Pharmacy chain facing boycott threat after covering up pictures of women on products

Shufersal Be says move to put stickers on female faces at Bnei Brak branch meant to cater to ultra-Orthodox; activists post warning signs outside stores, turn stickers into a meme

By Iddo Schejter

Protesters march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023. (Omer Fichman/Flash90)

May 17, 2023, 8:49 pm

Thousands march through Bnei Brak against Haredi ‘pillaging of the public coffers’

Anti-government demonstrators say billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox causes are a bribe for support on judicial overhaul

By ToI Staff

Graffiti reading "Rabin is a terrorist, war criminal" scrawled on a memorial wall to the former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. (Israel Police)

April 19, 2023, 12:40 am

Man arrested for graffiti vandalism of Rabin memorial in Tel Aviv

Suspect, a resident of Bnei Brak, detained after slogan found on wall accusing assassinated former prime minister of being ‘a terrorist, war criminal’

By ToI Staff

Locals handing out snacks and water to protesters against Israel's judicial overhaul on March 23, in Bnei Brak, Israel. (Haim Uzan)

March 30, 2023, 1:46 pm

Bnei Brak presents: How to turn a tense anti-overhaul rally into a ‘cholent party’

A grassroots charm offensive in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox city had locals handing out treats to thousands of protesting out-of-towners

By Canaan Lidor

US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, March 28, 2023, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

March 29, 2023, 1:59 pm

Daily Briefing March 29: Biden and Netanyahu at odds, deepening US-Israel discord

US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses the US president vs the PM on judicial reform as religion and Diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor looks at protests and a Karaite Passover

By ToI Staff

Alina Tirnovienko, a recent immigrant to Israel from Odesa, Ukraine, works in the Matzot Aviv factory. (Courtesy IFCJ)

March 27, 2023, 10:40 pm

Ukrainian immigrant makes matzah for friends in Odesa

Alina Tirnovienko made aliyah in 2019, and works at historic Matzot Aviv factory

By Jessica Steinberg

Protesters march against the government's judicial overhaul plans, in Bnei Brak, on March 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

March 23, 2023, 11:04 pm

Thousands march through Haredi enclave Bnei Brak as ‘Day of Paralysis’ ends

Some residents set off fireworks against anti-overhaul demonstrators; others greet them with food, water; cops shove ex-police minister Omer Barlev at Petah Tikva protest

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Medics attend to a construction worker who was fatally injured at a site in Bnei Brak, January 26, 2022. (Hatzolah)

January 26, 2023, 11:45 am

Construction worker killed by collapsing wall in Bnei Brak

Medics unable to resuscitate man buried under rubble at site, in latest in series of deadly accidents

By ToI Staff

Hapoel Zafririm Holon soccer club, November 1, 2022. (Facebook)

January 15, 2023, 7:57 pm

Israeli soccer team sets record with 31-0 win

Referee runs out of space to record names of goalscorers as Hapoel Zafririm Holon trounces Maccabi Pardes Katz in 5th-division play

By Ash Obel

An aerial view of Yeruham in the southern Negev desert on February 1, 2022. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

January 13, 2023, 6:23 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is going on in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

Illustrative: An aerial view of Rishon Lezion, on December 17, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

January 5, 2023, 12:59 pm

First of Zion: Rishon is Israel’s best city to live in, statistics bureau finds

Data shows highest quality life is available in the cities of central Israel

By Danielle Nagler