Q&A: Haredim in the Army?
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Haredim in the Army?
Question
What does the Rabbi think about the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the conscription of yeshiva students and the resulting cutoff of part of the yeshiva budget?
Answer
I don’t understand what’s even there to think about. Could they really have decided otherwise? But of course none of this has any real significance. Nothing will happen.
Why won’t anything happen?
Stopping budgets worth billions, closing institutions — that will create at least some pressure to draft the fringe dropouts.
And what about the fact that until then all the young guys are considered draft evaders, unable to leave the country and at risk of being sent to military prison.
Look at the pressure gripping the Haredi Knesset members and journalists.
Even Rabbi Landau went out of his way and spoke about the issue immediately afterward.