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If They Build It, Charedim Will Come

JL;DR SUMMARY Tensions within Israeli society are exemplified by the withdrawal of support by Charedi leader Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch for a Knesset bill that would have allowed the IDF to draft non-Torah-studying Charedim. 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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IdfJewish LeadershipKnessetRav Dov LandauCharedimMilitary ServiceReligious ZionismDaas TorahRav Moshe Hillel HirschReligious Debate

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"everyone else in Israel, Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch has withdrawn his support for a Knesset bill"

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