In Israel, where modernity coexists uneasily with tradition, hand-wringing about the country’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority is a national pastime. Cloistered in poor towns and neighborhoods, exempted from conscription into the military and surviving largely off government handouts, the black-hatted ultra-Orthodox, … Continue reading Evan Goldstein: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Welfare Kings
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Evan Goldstein: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Welfare Kings
In Israel, where modernity coexists uneasily with tradition, hand-wringing about the country’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority is a national pastime. Cloistered in poor towns and neighborhoods, exempted from conscription into the military and surviving largely off government handouts, the black-hatted ultra-Orthodox, … Continue reading Evan Goldstein: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Welfare Kings