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Who Wants Airport Arrests?

JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin discusses the complexities surrounding the potential arrest of charedi yeshiva students in Israel for draft evasion, particularly during international travel. 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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Charedi CommunityIdfIsraeli MilitaryMilitary ServiceYeshiva StudentsReservistsIsraeli CitizenshipDraft EvasionCharedi PoliticsCivic Duties

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"They want there to be a competent army, to defend Jerusalem and Beitar and Kiryat Sefer and Ashkelon."
Beitar, Jerusalem, Israel
"They want there to be a competent army, to defend Jerusalem and Beitar and Kiryat Sefer and Ashkelon."
Kiryat Sefer, Central District, Israel
"They want there to be a competent army, to defend Jerusalem and Beitar and Kiryat Sefer and Ashkelon."
Ashkelon, Southern District, Israel
"They want there to be a competent army, to defend Jerusalem and Beitar and Kiryat Sefer and Ashkelon."
United States
"I am currently in the US for work purposes and a very much shortened vacation with my family, since my son is in army training and cannot travel; were he to try to do so, he would be arrested."

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