The Australian Government Made Yesterday’s Attack Possible
Two years of signaling apathy toward anti-Semitism.
December 15, 2025
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A bill to reform the exemptions from military service granted to Haredim continues to make its way, slowly, through the Knesset. The legislation, backed by the governing coalition, would firmly entrench the exemptions for students at haredi yeshivas into law; at the same time, it would gradually increase the numbers of young haredi men eligible for the draft, and introduce some stricter punishments for noncompliance.
Two years of signaling apathy toward anti-Semitism.
The death of Hamas’s second-in-command in Gaza.
Breaking a psychological barrier, or tapping on an unbreakable one?
A possible lost tribe from northeast India will soon complete its aliyah.
“A woman is responsible for everything.”
A bill to reform the exemptions from military service granted to Haredim continues to make its way, slowly, through the Knesset. The legislation, backed by the governing coalition, would firmly entrench the exemptions for students at haredi yeshivas into law; at the same time, it would gradually increase the numbers of young haredi men eligible for the draft, and introduce some stricter punishments for noncompliance.
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