A haredi yeshiva student who arrived Thursday night at Ben Gurion International Airport for a flight leaving Israel was arrested on the spot due to the fact that he did not enlist in the IDF.

Of the 3,000 religious Haredi men who received army conscription notices during the summer, only 461 complied.

Organizations protesting against the draft in the haredi community on Thursday night reported the arrest of a yeshiva student ... to him and was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport.

In October 1948, Ben Gurion granted exemption to Yeshiva students when their numbers were very small (400). The number of Haredi eligible for exemption (at the time of the ruling on June 25 ...

Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. (photo credit: Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute) On this day in 1949, the newly established State of Israel held its first elections, in which David ...

For the first time in decades, the writings of Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion, have been republished in a new edition and presented to the country’s current and former leaders.

Of the 3,000 religious Haredi men who received army conscription notices during the summer, only 461 complied, Knesset ...

For the first time in decades, the writings of Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion, have been republished in a new ...

After studying sculpture in Norway for a year, Mr. Glaser returned to the United States with the intention of studying Yiddish at Yeshiva University ... the home of David Ben-Gurion, the founding ...

On this day in 1949, the newly established State of Israel held its first elections, in which David Ben-Gurion's political party, Mapai, won, making Ben-Gurion the first-ever Israeli prime minister.