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Ultra-Orthodox on the front lines: The pros and cons - opinion

"Dina d’malchuta dina (“the law of the land is the law”) requires Jews to obey the statutes of a legally constituted government, such as Israeli law mandating conscription into the IDF."

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’
‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’
(photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post)
ByRONALD EISENBERG
JANUARY 26, 2025 10:00
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