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"Grizzled Veterans"

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Natan Slifkin critiques Gedalia Guttentag's call for reconciliation between charedi and secular Israelis, as discussed in "Mishpacha Magazine." 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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CharediSecular JewsMilitary ServiceUnityRamat Beit ShemeshNational ReligiousRabbi Natan SlifkinGedalia Guttentag

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Central District, Israel
"Guttentag suggests that whats needed is for charedim is to spend a Shabbos in Tel Aviv and see that nobody attacks them."
Ramat Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Israel
"The national-religious people in my mixed town of Ramat Beit Shemesh know their charedi neighbors (and often relatives) very well indeed."
Israel
"I cant think of any better evidence of the charedi lack of understanding of the situation than Guttentags self-description in this very article: At a rough estimate, Ive now experienced more wars, knife intifadas, and missile attacks than your average person is prescribed antibiotics over their lifetime."

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