Book contents
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Terminology
- Introduction
- 1 Of Priests and Prophets
- 2 The Genesis of Orthodox Political Camps
- 3 Interwar Poland
- 4 Divisive Land
- 5 A New Era in Orthodox Relations
- 6 Emerging Israeli Milieus
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue
Orthodox Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2020
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Terminology
- Introduction
- 1 Of Priests and Prophets
- 2 The Genesis of Orthodox Political Camps
- 3 Interwar Poland
- 4 Divisive Land
- 5 A New Era in Orthodox Relations
- 6 Emerging Israeli Milieus
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
On Sunday, March 2, 2014, demonstrators crowded the byways of Jerusalem, paralyzing traffic and sealing off the entrance to the city for many hours. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest what they called a “war against religion”: legislative initiatives intended to compel ultra-Orthodox men to serve in the Israeli army. The numbers of young men studying full time at recognized yeshivas, who are thereby exempt from army service, had skyrocketed from several hundred in 1948, when the exemption arrangement was originally introduced under David Ben-Gurion, to tens of thousands at the turn of the millennium.1 During the final decades of the twentieth century, numerous controversies had erupted over ultra-Orthodox draft-dodging, which eventually led the Israeli Supreme Court to demand a legislative basis for the practice. Yet despite repeated attempts to resolve the issue in the following years, politicians had not been able to reach an agreement on the matter.2
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- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of ReligionFrom Prewar Europe to the State of Israel, pp. 186 - 197Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020