Reply To: Why isn't there an alternative to kollel/army being pushed?

yytz: That’s only half true. Many jobs in Israel require military service even if that isn’t a reasonable requirement for the job (it’s a vehicle for discrimination against both hareidim and Arabs – in the US it would be illegal to have an irrelevant job requirement insert for reason of discriminating). Also, most secular Israelis don’t like hareidim, and Israeli law doesn’t prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, nor does it require employers to make a reasonable accomdadation of religious practices (the current Kenesset consider such a law and voted it down overwhelmingly).