Editing Haredi Judaism (section)

=== Lifestyle and family ===
[[File:Girls_and_women_of_Breslov.jpg|left|thumb|Haredi Jewish women and girls in [[Mea Shearim]], Jerusalem, 2013]]
Haredi life, like Orthodox Jewish life in general, is very family-centered and ordered. Boys and girls attend separate schools, and proceed to higher [[Torah study]], in a yeshiva or seminary, respectively, starting anywhere between the ages of 13 and 18. A significant proportion of young men remain in yeshiva until their marriage (often [[arranged marriage|arranged]]). After marriage, many Haredi men continue their Torah studies in a [[kollel]].

Studying in secular institutions is often discouraged, although educational facilities for vocational training in a Haredi framework do exist. In the United States and Europe, the majority of Haredi males are active in the workforce. For various reasons, in Israel, a majority (56%) of their male members do work, though some of those are part of the unofficial workforce.<ref name="HarediMenWomenWorforcePercentageIsrael">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4615101,00.html|script-title=he:הלמ"ס: 56% מהגברים החרדים מועסקים|newspaper = Ynet|date = 14 January 2015|last1 = להב|first1 = אביטל}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stadler|2009|p=79}}: "The economic situation of Haredi in Israel is unique. When comparing the Haredi community in Israel with that in the United States, Gonen (2000) found that Haredi members in the United States (both Lithuanians and Hasidic) work and participate in the labor market."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stadler|2009|p=44}}: "The support of the yeshiva culture is related also to the developments of Israel's welfare policy... This is why in Israel today, Haredim live in relatively poorer conditions (Berman 2000, Dahan 1998, Shilhav 1991), and large Haredi families are totally dependent on state-funded social support systems. This situation is unique to Israel."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stadler|2009|pp=77–78}}: "According to various surveys of the Haredi community, between 46 and 60 percent of its members do not participate in the labor market and 25 percent have part-time jobs (see Berman 1998; Dahan 1998). Members who work usually take specific jobs within a very narrow range of occupations, mainly those of teachers and clerical or administrative staff (Lupo 2003). In addition, because Haredim encourage large families, half of them live in poverty and economic distress (Berman 1998)."</ref> Haredi families (and Orthodox Jewish families in general) are usually much larger than non-Orthodox families, with an average of seven children per family, but it's not unheard of for families to have twelve or more children.<ref name="Wertheimer">Wertheimer, Jack. [https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/what-you-dont-know-about-the-ultra-orthodox/ "What You Don't Know About the Ultra-Orthodox."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724163326/https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/what-you-dont-know-about-the-ultra-orthodox/ |date=July 24, 2015 }} ''Commentary Magazine''. 1 July 2015. 4 September 2015.</ref> About 80% of female Haredi Jews in Israel work.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=The Israel Democracy Institute Releases its 2024 Statistical Report on Ultra-Orthodox Society |url=https://en.idi.org.il/articles/58484 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=en.idi.org.il |language=en}}</ref>

Haredi Jews are typically opposed to the viewing of television and films,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4410937,00.html |script-title=he:הרב הראשי לתלמידי הישיבות: אל תצפו בטלוויזיה בפיצוציות|trans-title=Chief Rabbi [of Israel] To Yeshiva Students: Don't Watch TV in Kiosks|language=he|date=29 July 2013|work=Ynetnews |access-date=21 September 2013|last1=נחשוני|first1=קובי}}</ref> and the reading of secular newspapers and books. There has been a strong campaign against the [[Internet]], and Internet-enabled mobile phones without filters have also been banned by leading rabbis.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jonathan |last=Rosenblum |author-link=Jonathan Rosenblum |url=http://www.jewishmediaresources.org/article/784/ |title=Proud to be Chareidi |publisher=Jewish Media Resources |date=2004-12-15 |access-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302061255/http://www.jewishmediaresources.org/article/784/ |archive-date=2009-03-02 }}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-jason-miller/ultraorthodox-jews-are-co_b_1580899.html|title=Ultra-Orthodox Jews are Correct About the Dangers of the Internet|first=Jason|last=Miller|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=8 June 2012|access-date=22 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7636021.stm |title=Is that cellphone kosher? |work=BBC News |date=2008-10-06 |access-date=2013-09-21}}</ref> In May 2012, 40,000 Haredim gathered at [[Citi Field]], a [[baseball park]] in New York City, to discuss the dangers of unfiltered Internet.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally to Discuss Risks of Internet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/nyregion/ultra-orthodox-jews-hold-rally-on-internet-at-citi-field.html?_r=0|access-date=20 September 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=20 May 2012}}</ref> The event was organized by the [[Ichud HaKehillos LeTohar HaMachane]]. The Internet has been allowed for business purposes, so long as filters are installed.

In some instances, forms of recreation which conform to Jewish law are treated as antithetical to Haredi Judaism. In 2013, the Rabbinical Court of the Ashkenazi Community in the Haredi settlement of [[Beitar Illit]] ruled against [[Zumba]] (a type of dance fitness) classes, although they were held with a female instructor and all-female participants.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.546014|title=Haredi Rabbis Ban All-female Zumba Classes|first=Allison Kaplan|last=Sommer|date=9 September 2013|access-date=8 March 2018|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref><ref name="Women-Only">{{cite web |url=http://forward.com/articles/183625/haredi-rabbis-outlaw-women-only-zumba-classes/#ixzz2glRtEXy5 |title=Haredi Rabbis Outlaw Women-Only Zumba Classes| date=9 September 2013 |access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> The Court said in part: "Both in form and manner, the activity [Zumba] is entirely at odds with both the ways of the Torah and the holiness of Israel, as are the songs associated to it."<ref name="Women-Only"/>

''[[Jewish Chicago]]'' has lauded the Haredim for their lifestyle, arguing that it has low crime and drugs, and a strong sense of family and community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learning about our Haredi brothers and sisters in Israel {{!}} Jewish Chicago (The JUF Magazine) @ Jewish United Fund |url=https://www.jewish-chicago.org/Mag/tmpl-article.aspx?id=453749 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=www.jewish-chicago.org |language=en}}</ref>