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Wandering battlefields

Haredi city council representatives still wield their influence to impose their views; representatives of the general non-haredi public tend to be too accommodating.

The latest source of haredi-secular tension is playing out in Homat Shmuel
The latest source of haredi-secular tension is playing out in Homat Shmuel
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
ByPEGGY CIDOR
MARCH 30, 2017 13:28
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