If the U.S. Doesn’t Stand Firm, It Will Face an Empowered Iran with Nuclear Weapons
Tehran is using the nuclear threat to extort massive economic concessions.
April 20, 2021
Meet the Israeli Intelligence Services’ New Ultra-Orthodox Agents
“We’ve seen your guys’ capability for learning new things.”
In 1999, the IDF established an all-ḥaredi battalion, and since then—despite the repeated failures of legislation to start drafting Ḥaredim en masse—the number of Ḥaredim in this and other units has steadily increased. More recently, a rabbi, in cooperation with the Mossad, founded an institution called Pardes to train young ḥaredi men to serve in Israel’s intelligence agencies. Yonah Jeremy Bob, drawing on interviews with some of its graduates, writes:
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Israel’s Political Crisis Is a National-Security Liability
It makes the Jewish state look weak in the eyes of friends and foes.
The Supreme Court Is More Friendly to Religious Freedom Than Ever—and Not Just Because of Conservative Justices
Victories for Christians are also victories for religious minorities.
American Jewish Thought Is Incredibly Rich. But Can It Succeed Without a Shared Sense of Commandedness?
“You should” will never be as compelling as “you must.”
Meet the Israeli Intelligence Services’ New Ultra-Orthodox Agents
“We’ve seen your guys’ capability for learning new things.”