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Mordechai Traiman

Reporter · US

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Aug 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Mordechai Traiman

    Is the Haredi draft crisis really about the draft? (opens the original)

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    While Israel remains in the midst of war, it is also confronting a serious crisis over Haredi military service. A difficult question is increasingly being asked: Why have so many Haredim become so fiercely opposed to the draft, expressing this opposition in recurring demonstrations and even street blockages? The conventional answer is that Haredim fear losing their Torah-centered way of life. That concern is certainly real. Torah study, religious education and a deeply structured communal lifest

  2. Article · Jul 26, 2026 · Mordechai Traiman

    The Haredi draft debate is becoming a political weapon (opens the original)

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    As Israel continues to grapple with one of its most divisive domestic issues—the enlistment of Haredi men into the Israel Defense Forces—the public conversation has become increasingly dominated by confrontation rather than constructive debate. In recent months, highly publicized demonstrations have included highway blockages, clashes with police and protests over the arrests of draft-age yeshivah students. Separate demonstrations targeting businesses operating on Shabbat have further fueled pub

  3. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Mordechai Traiman

    Amid Israel’s Haredi draft debate, one Jerusalem yeshivah charts a different path (opens the original)

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    Few issues have generated as much political, social and religious tension in Israel as military service for Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men. The debate dates to the founding of the State of Israel. In 1948, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion reached a series of understandings with religious leaders that became known as the “status quo” agreement, preserving religious institutions and practices in areas such as marriage, kashrut and Shabbat observance. As part of that arrangement, Ben-Gurion exe

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