Does Jewish law require yeshiva students to be drafted at age 18? - opinion
There is no halachic or moral justification for haredi draft evasion. “Shall your brothers go to war, while you sit here!?”
ISRAEL’S SUPREME COURT ruled last month that the Defense Ministry must end the longstanding exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews from mandatory military service, leading to large protests. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)Updated: