Number of working Orthodox women on the rise - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Yuval Avivi

Yuval Avivi

Mar 20, 2015

An ultra-Orthodox woman works at Matrix Global, a hi-tech company, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit April 3, 2011. Ultra-Orthodox or "Haredi" women are exempt from the demands of religious studies imposed on men and the Bank of Israel says the past decade has seen "a significant increase" in ultra-Orthodox women's employment rate, now almost at 60 percent. To match Feature ISRAEL-ULTRAORTHODOX/ECONOMY Picture taken April 3, 2011 REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION BUSINE — An ultra-Orthodox woman works at Matrix Global, a high-tech company, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit, April 3, 2011. — REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths watch as a man dips cooking utensils in boiling water to remove remains of leaven in preparation for the Jewish holiday of Passover, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood April 1, 2015. Passover, which starts on Friday, commemorates the flight of Jews from ancient Egypt, as described in the Exodus chapter of the Bible. According to the account, the Jews did not have time to prepare leavened bread before fleeing to the promised land. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTR4VREJ

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Mordechai Goldman

Mordechai Goldman

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In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women work on computers in the central city of Holon on April 17, 2016.

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Israel Hershkovitz

Israel Hershkovitz

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men sign documents at the offices of Israel's Administration for National Civil Service in Jerusalem January 6, 2013. For the first time since the August 1 expiration of the so-called Tal Law that exempted ultra-Orthodox seminary students from military conscription, dozens of scholars signed up on Sunday for alternative civilian service which, upon completion, will entitle them to avoid the draft. Some 1,300 seminary students are slated to join the program by August 2013, or until Isra

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Tali Heruti-Sover

Tali Heruti-Sover