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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

No more draft exemptions starting tomorrow

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It will be very interesting to see what happens. Here is a graph depicting the meteoric rise in the number of draft exemptions over the las...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The Straw that breaks the camels back? Charedi students caught on video trying to work off the books

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Channel 10 in Israel did an undercover investigation into Charedim working off the books to avoid the army and to not pay taxes. They put ...
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Followup - Electronic water meter: Can you turn on the faucet on Shabbos?

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I posted a few days ago about electronic water meters and can they be used on Shabbos. A number of people suggested that this should be pe...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Charedi Demographics vs Chiloni demographics

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Recently two 102 year olds passed away, R' Elyashiv and Benzion Netanyahu (the father of the Prime Minister). Although they lived to the...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Kadmia MKs try to jump ship to the Likud; Another sign that the electoral system is irrevocably broken

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The events of today, and in fact the events of past year where the Likud has been trying to get Kadima MKs to defect exposes the complete ba...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Electronic water meter: Can you turn on the faucet on Shabbos?

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In an interesting letter in yesterday's Yated Neeman a writer brought up this issue. He claimed that in some places in Israel they have ...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Talmidei Chachamim don't need protection: Does this provide a basis for draft exemptions for yeshiva students?

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The Gemara in Bava Basra 7b discusses the need for building walls around a settlement. Since walls are for communal protection, all residen...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Fascinating articles/posts about drafting Charedim

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Father's Lament for Son Who Should've Served - One Ultra-Orthodox Father Sees Good Side of Israeli Draft This is a really interestin...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Are they really out to destroy the Torah world? Will there really be no Yeshiva world if Yeshiva boys are drafted?

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According to the Charedi press the answer is yes and yes. See the Yeshiva World News for an example of this where this is called a שעת השמד...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

It just doesn't stop; Another Charedi wrote an idiotic article about the draft

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See חילונים, מה פתאום נזכרתם אחרי 64 שנה Don't these people realize that they are doing more harm then good? Don't they realize t...
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Monday, July 09, 2012

Parallels between the tuition crisis in America and drafting Charedim in Israel

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R' Yitzchak Adlerstein wrote a very important article about what is going in America with tuition,  A New, Ugly Wrinkle in the Tuition ...
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Sunday, July 08, 2012

Would you make a thief's story the centerpriece of your complaint?

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This is exactly what Hamodia did this past week. They wrote a long article about the problems /abuses of passengers on the light rail in Jer...
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Why do Charedim write these stupid articles in secular newspapers?

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I posted a few days ago about an article in YNet about the draft and Charedim. Today another Charedi wrote an even stupider article on this ...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

The dummies guide to Charedi rabbinic titles

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Yated Neeman (Hebrew) made history yesterday when it called R' Aharon Leib Steinman מרן. The title מרן until now had been reserved only ...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Charedim: We won't be drafted because "we aren't interested"

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Ynet yesterday published an op-ed by a Charedi guy about what is going to be with the draft and Charedim. The gist of the article was, it...
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Toldos Aharon Rebbe: You can be מחלל שבת to destroy a non-kosher phone

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The Toldos Aharon Rebbe appointed a committee in charge of the Ruchniyos of the Chasidus and one of the the things he said was that if they ...
Monday, June 11, 2012

The richest Rabbis in Israel

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I find it hard to believe that the Gerrer Rebbe is worth 350 million shekel and the Belzer Rebbe 180 million. How did they get so rich? W...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

The bleak facts about Charedi participation in the workforce in Israel

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The government recently came out with a report outlining Charedi participation in the economy, The report is pretty bleak. Here are some of ...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

A blessed year only for people living in חו"ל?

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The seforim say that when Parshas שמיני is read 8 times, שמיני, שמונה,שמינה, it will be a bountiful and blessed year for Klal Yisrael. This ...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Hashgocha Pratis stories that aren't true

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Mishpacha magazine in Hebrew prints a story every week that is supposed to be true (with the names and other identifying things changed). Th...
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