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September 2, 2016

Israel’s Government Can’t Force Change on the Ultra-Orthodox

But it can encourage it.

Over the course of the past year, it has become clear that much-vaunted government efforts to transform ḥaredi society have come to naught: yeshiva students still receive draft deferments, laws increasing the secular-education requirements at ḥaredi schools have been repealed, and subsidies have been reinstated. However, argues Yedidia Stern, this return to the “status quo ante” doesn’t mean stagnation; it’s only a reminder that governments can encourage social change, but can’t bring it about:

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September 2, 2016

  1. An Israel-Palestinian Peace Deal Isn’t Imminent, But a New Poll Holds Some Surprises

    Get Jordan to “the damn table.”

  2. Secret Exemptions to the Nuclear Deal Favor Iran and Subvert Congressional Oversight

    Any rationale for secrecy appears unjustified.

  3. Israel’s Government Can’t Force Change on the Ultra-Orthodox

    But it can encourage it.

  4. Joy Is the Supreme Religious Emotion: Just Ask Deuteronomy

    Samuel Pepys goes to shul.

  5. The German Zionist Who Founded Israeli Cuisine

    How to Cook in Palestine.