And refreshingly, the lesbian romance is a nonissue for Leah’s family and the Haredi characters aren’t presented as repressive or joyless.

Source: https://forward.com/culture/534971/attachment-hasidic-horror-movie-queer-shudder/

He angered hundreds of city and town mayors who had said they would not finance the Haredi education system from their coffers (arguing that the national budget should fund it).

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-hundred-days-war-chronicles-of-a-government-in-chaos-and-a-nation-at-the-brink/

He has agreed to increase funding for Haredi seminary students and provide access to government jobs without university degrees.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/world/middleeast/israel-ultra-orthodox-parties.html

IDF Haredi soldiers divide their time between military assignments and learning.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/haredim-news/haredim-want-the-2021-bibi-gantz-idf-draft-framework/2023/08/17/

Jerusalem’s predominantly secular Kiryat HaYovel neighborhood is set to open a new Haredi school for girls to replace a secular public school in the area, after the Supreme Court overturned a district court ruling blocking the municipal plan.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-blow-to-secular-activists-court-okays-haredi-school-in-jerusalems-kiryat-hayovel/

Netanyahu’s Likud party made generous promises to secure the support of its ultra-Orthodox and far-right coalition partners, including ample funding for Haredi education and religious initiatives, and for improving conditions for West Bank settlers.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-reopens-sunday-in-shadow-of-slow-rolled-judicial-overhaul/

The Haredi leadership supported the Oslo Accords and supported land for peace when it made sense.

Source: https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/uncategorized/13059/method-to-our-madness-a-response-to-hillel-halkin/