Back ايداه هاشاريديس ARZ Ha-eda ha-charedit Czech Edah Haredit Spanish Edah Haredit French העדה החרדית HE Edah HaChareidis Dutch Ha-Eda ha-charedit Polish Эда Харедит Russian עדה החרדית YI
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Charedi Community of Jerusalem | |
העדה החרדית | |
 Headquarters In Jerusalem | |
| Formation | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Rabbi Yitzchok Yerucham Diskin |
| Founded at | Jerusalem |
| Headquarters | Jerusalem |
| Membership | 40,000 |
Official language | Yiddish, Hebrew |
Chief Rabbi | vacant |
Head of Court | Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch |
Publication | HaEdah, Madrich HaKashruth |
| Secessions | Neturei Karta, Karlin, Khal Adas Yerushalayim |
| Affiliations | Haredi Judaism |
Formerly called | Ashkenazi City Council |
The Charedi Community of Jerusalem (Hebrew: העדה החרדית, haEdah haCharedit, Ashkenazi pronunciation: ho-Aideh HaCharaidis or ho-Eido ha-Chareidis; "Community of God-Fearers") is a large Haredi Jewish communal organization based in Jerusalem. It has several thousand affiliated households and is chaired by the Grand Patriarch (Ga'avad), who also holds the title of chief rabbi (Mara D'Ara D'Yisroel מרא דארעא דישראל). The Community provides facilities such as dietary laws supervision, ritual baths, a Sabbath enclosure, and welfare services.
The Community was founded in 1918 by devout Ashkenazi residents of Jerusalem, especially of the Old Yishuv, who refused to be affiliated in any way with the new Zionist institutions. Inspired by militant anti-Zionist ideology, it refuses to receive any state funding from the Israeli authorities, relying on donations from fellow anti-Zionist Haredi Jews abroad and its own income, and it forbits voting in Israeli elections. Its members often engage in demonstrations against Sabbath desecration, autopsies, or archaeological excavations of human remains, which they regard as sins, and are noted for their poverty and extreme religious strictness.