United Torah Judaism is a religious political party in Israel that largely represents ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews who are Ashkenazi. It is one of the two main Haredi parties in the Israeli political system. The other is Shas, which largely represents Haredi Jews who are Sephardi.
The Haredi parties are concerned primarily with domestic policy rather than foreign policy. They are socially conservative, advocating for public observance of the Sabbath and religious law (Halakhah) and oppose same-sex marriage, and their primary objective is to seek state funding to support their communities’ way of life. They adamantly oppose attempts to end military conscription exemptions for Haredi Jews, one of the main domestic issues in Israel as the proportion of Haredi Jews in relation to the general population has substantially grown. The UTJ differs from Shas mainly in its ethnic makeup and in its ambiguous stance on Zionism.