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  Can Israel survive implementing the Haredi draft?

  Haredi conscription could change Israel forever — for better, and worse

  By Dan Perry

  6 min read
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  Politics

  I’m a Jew studying at Harvard Divinity School. Shabbos Kestenbaum doesn’t speak for me

  The picture of Jewish life on Harvard’s campus that my former classmate paints is wildly distorted

  By Zev Mishell Jul 19, 2024 | 3 min read
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  When American values are Jewish values — the convention speech I’d give in response to Shabbos Kestenbaum

  No, it is not the Jewish way to inflame anger, distort truth, deny science and stand with America Firsters and Christian Nationalists

  By Jay Michaelson Jul 18, 2024 | 4 min read

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