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This Is Not A Hostage

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Natan Slifkin critiques a protest organized by the Ateres Shlomo yeshiva, illustrating the gulf between the Charedi community and larger Israeli 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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ProtestIsraeli MilitaryHostagesCharediLikudCivic DutyRabbi Moshe Hillel HirschDraft DodgingPolitical SymbolismAteres Shlomo

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Israel
"He was speaking outside an Israeli prison, on behalf of a student from Ateres Shlomo who was arrested for draft-dodging."
Palestinian Territories
"denigrates the memory of the murdered, harms the abductees who are still being held in Gaza, and is increasing the pain of their families."

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