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As the Hasmonean Brigade—Israel’s first Ultra-Orthodox combat unit—enters Gaza with side-locks flying and Torah scrolls in hand, a profound question emerges: Is this the collapse of Haredi resistance to the draft and the rebirth of Jewish identity through national service? Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer, one of the most courageous voices inside the Haredi world, joins to discuss the historical roots of the Haredi exemption, the soul-searching now underway in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community and the social risks taken by the young men defying communal pressure to serve.
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As the Hasmonean Brigade—Israel’s first Ultra-Orthodox combat unit—enters Gaza with side-locks flying and Torah scrolls in hand, a profound question emerges: Is this the collapse of Haredi resistance to the draft and the rebirth of Jewish identity through national service? Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer, one of the most courageous voices inside the Haredi world, joins to discuss the historical roots of the Haredi exemption, the soul-searching now underway in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community and the social risks taken by the young men defying communal pressure to serve.

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