A national service plan for haredi men during their long semester breaks
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
The free market in ideas demands that the haredim accept the consequences of allowing their youth to encounter the full range of possibilities of the human experience.
Haredim need integration into Israeli society and the workforce through improved education in core subjects to combat poverty and social drain.
Haredi students’ participation in volunteer programs offered by their colleges can result in more ultra-Orthodox community members becoming inclined to enroll in higher education.
The threat of a mass departure by the haredim may not be an empty threat and it should not be acceptable.
An advocate for Jewish women whose estranged husbands are refusing to divorce them ritually, calls for post-mikvah sex to be seen as a natural site of protest.
The Israel Prison Service recruited the 12 haredi national servicemen as part of their non-military national service.
Tachlith Institute's poll shows Israelis favor local authorities over national institutions, especially during the war, signaling potential reforms.
Halevi said that broadening the sectors of Israel's population that serve in the IDF and national service is the only way to replace the many Israeli soldiers who have died in the current war.
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