PHOTO ESSAY: Inside an Elite Ultra-Orthodox School as Israel's Draft Dispute Looms over Election
Students at Ponevezh yeshiva study Torah and fear a military draft as Israel's election nears, with the exemption debate seen as decisive.
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PHOTO ESSAY: Inside an elite ultra-Orthodox school as Israel's draft dispute looms over election
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — In Israel’s recent years of war, the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population has become a central point of friction. A deal made at the country’s creation between political and religious leaders exempted what was then a small…
Israel's wars lasted and multiplied, but an increasing proportion of the Jewish population persisted in refusing to serve: the ultra-Orthodox. "Time" went to meet these religious who played a key role in the elections of October 27A half mile west of Jerusalem is Ramat Bet Shemesh. One of the many districts of the Holy City inhabited by the ultra-Orthodox. These extremely observant Jews of 613 mitzvot (religious commands) do not necessarily reco…
The Israelis will go to the polls on 27 October. The question of the exemption of military obligation for ultra-Orthodox women divides the country and will be one of the issues at stake in the elections. ...
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