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Charedi Chickens Come Home To Roost

JL;DR SUMMARY In a critical analysis published by The Jerusalem Post, Natan Slifkin discusses a controversial incident involving female IDF soldiers being harassed by a haredi mob, using this to highlight broader issues within haredi society. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bnei BrakIdfIsraeli PoliticsHaredi CommunityMilitary ServiceRabbinic LeadershipEconomic ImpactGovernment PolicyNatan SlifkinCivic Duty

Places mentioned

Bnei Brak, Central District, Israel
"Two female IDF soldiers commanders from the Education and Youth Corps, making a routine welfare visit to a draftee at his home were surrounded by a mob of hundreds of charedi men in Bnei Brak."
Jerusalem, Israel
"They are the result of a society of over one million people which sees the rest of Israel as an entirely different and religiously invalid socio-religious group - effectively a different and illegitimate nation."
Beit Shemesh, Central District, Israel
"Most people in charedi society would not engage in violent protests or chase after soldiers."

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