If Haredim Want Privileges, They Must Take On Greater Responsibility
The tribe of Levi?
July 16, 2026
If Haredim Want Privileges, They Must Take On Greater Responsibility
The tribe of Levi?
On Tuesday night, the Knesset enacted a new Basic Law—Basic Laws being the closest thing Israel has to a constitution—declaring Torah study a “foundational value” of the Jewish people and the state of Israel. (Basic Laws can be passed or overturned with a simple majority, and this one appears to be purely declarative.) It also passed a law preventing the arrest of Haredim illegally evading military service.
July 16, 2026
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