Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is looking increasing precarious as international opposition grows. When I went to Friday night dinner at my in-law’s last week, everyone was gripped by the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to remove state funding from Orthodox Yeshivas, unless they break their 76-year practice of refusing to enlist in the military. The court ruled
With an Average of Seven Children per Family, the ultra-Orthodox Community Is Feeling the Housing Shortage Particularly Acutely. Some Choose to Live in a Shoebox Close to Haredi Centers of Life While Others Make a Leap of Faith and Move Away, Hoping Others Will Follow