Podcast: Yehoshua Pfeffer on the Future of Ultra-Orthodox Politics and Culture in Israel https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/israel-zionism/2019/07/podcast-yehoshua-pfeffer-on-the-future-of-ultra-orthodox-politics-and-culture-in-israel/

The leading ultra-Orthodox intellectual joins us to explain the key conflicts surrounding the place of his community within Israeli society.

July 25, 2019 | Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Yehoshua Pfeffer

About the author: A weekly podcast, produced in partnership with the Tikvah Fund, offering up the best thinking on Jewish thought and culture. Yehoshua Pfeffer, a rabbi and rabbinical judge, holds a law degree from the Hebrew University and clerked at the Israel Supreme Court. He has taught at a number of yeshivas, published widely on Jewish law and thought, and is currently directing programs for the haredi community in Israel for the Tikvah Fund.

Israeli police officers turn water cannons on young ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered to protest their possible forced military conscription. Jerusalem, July 02, 2019. Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.

This Week’s Guest: Yehoshua Pfeffer

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