How can it be that despite the fact that nowadays most of the ultra-Orthodox – men and women – work to earn a living, 60 percent of them remain below the poverty line? The issue of employment among the ultra-Orthodox is changing fundamentally and rapidly in recent years. According to 2016 Statistical Report on Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel that we released last week together with the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, for the first time, most ultra-Orthodox men are working, and the emplo

A man walks past a protest tent for the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Jerusalem, October 2, 2009. Israel received a video of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on Friday in exchange for the release of 19 Palestinian women prisoners in a deal with Hamas. UPI/Debbie Hill Stock Photo - Alamy

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