If the balance of ideological forces over drafting the ultra-orthodox is typified by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, then the battle is all but lost. That is because Shteinman understands that the future of the Haredi world is at stake. The prime minister, on the other hand, seems to regard the Haredi draft issue primarily as a threat to his coalition that...
David's Harp / A Haredi draft, or an economic tsunami
The bad news for those who think the ultra-orthodox can be won over with integration-lite is that a yeshiva education doesn’t do it.
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