In the short space of 66 years, Israel has established a kind of polity never before seen in the Middle East, a polity that promises all citizens individual freedom and equality before the law. To an astonishing degree, particularly given the exceedingly dangerous neighborhood in which it dwells, the Jewish state has succeeded.
How Not to Help the Ultra-Orthodox
Liberal democracies like Israel need and depend on pious people. But they don’t need to— and shouldn’t—subsidize grown men for not working.
Haredi Jews protest a military draft bill on March 2, 2014 in Jerusalem. Photo by Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.
0 Comments Click to read
Popular
in Mosaic
in Mosaic
The Message from Jerusalem
Eric Cohen
The Mirage of an International Jerusalem
Michel Gurfinkiel
