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November 11, 2024

A Haredi Call for a New Attitude toward Conscription

“We are overly occupied with unconvincing justifications for our refusal to enlist.”

Last week, the stability of Israel’s governing coalition was severely shaken following the withdrawal from the Knesset agenda of a bill that would continue daycare subsidies for haredi children whose parents don’t serve in the military. This is but another example of how contentious this issue has become due to the vast manpower demands on the IDF during the past year of war. Yehoshua Pfeffer, a haredi rabbi, judge, and intellectual, calls on members of his own community to rethink their attitudes toward conscription:

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