Reply To: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests

“Well the only positive thing to be said here is that SarahLevine outed herself as an MO, anti-frum extremist. They’re all the same, people. Blaming Yeshiva bochrim for soldiers being murdered… They have absolutely no shame, nothing even close to shame.”

1. I dont think that i am anti frum extremist — even though i am “modern” orthodox — whatever that particularly means in this context. I dont think that my son in law (in kollel) and my daughter in a charedi town in Israel consider me an anti-frum extremist. I think they like me. At least thats what they tell me. To that end — my son in law did NOT serve in the army. He got his deferment — legal and all. He didnt protest. He supports the army. He acts approrpriately. I dont agree with all his politics — and him mine. Thats fine with me.

2. I didnt blame the yeshiva boys for murdering the soldiers. (I looked back at what i wrote — and i didnt come close to saying that). That would be ridiculous. I complained, and continue to complain — that while the soldiers were dying while others were protesting. I looked at the juxtapostion of the protests and the funerals. I even said that i am not against the deferrments — if that is what the government wants to do — but i think there should be an acknowledgment of the good that is being done. (I wonder about how the state/army will function when the country is a majority or close to a majority charedi — but thats for another day).