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I wasn’t here at the beginning of the “dialogue” that we’re having, but I think that the Strong Anti-Tzionists here don’t seem to understand that there is a difference between protesting Giyus as opposed to protesting the existence of the Medinah. I don’t see why that’s so hard to understand.

And on a different note, I do believe that many people in the NK-leaning camp seem to not understand the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims in Islamic Empires, but the best way to MeKatzer the history is as follows: There was an era of Islamic history that the Muslims were more rationalistic with their Islam and thus not into the fanatical Islamism you see in Azzah and Syria today. The situation is relatively worse today for numerous reasons including the fact that Islamic society has been on the decline for quite some time. That’s what happens when all you do is express jealousy and envy of those who are more successful than you. The first murder was a result of jealousy, and we don’t protest with the Wild that express such jealousy.

Here’s a good idea: Find another city. We’re not in Poland anymore. Soon, we might not be in NYC anymore. Wanna learn in Monsey?

The personal opinions of Secular Jews (Secular Israelis and their foreign counterparts) will not change if a resolution on the draft changes. However, what would change is the increase in those who are connected to Judaism but not Very-Yeshivish (only learning) to have the opportunity to be involved in the world via being involved with the Tzahal. The issue is the fact that many people in the government aren’t pushing for compromise. The draft is basically left on the table without a resolution.

Sociological categories from older generations don’t always apply to all people especially when Klal Yisrael has grown and now has all sorts of people including Career-oriented Yeshivish people…Thus, additional social groups can form. I happen to know some people who are very connected to Judaism who willingly joined the Tzahal. One of them is still learning. But there is no particular derekh that’s good for everyone.

Many Anashim Tovim like to quote Satmar, but Satmar isn’t for everyone. In fact, I know of Satmar people that are now OTD that never joined the army. I also know a Rav Kook-type who was deeply fascinated by Satmar. However, Satmar people are the type to be closer with people of their exact background while of the Ashkenazi Jews I know aren’t like that. Many, of those that I know, married Sephardim. Satmar has a different hashkafah that affects what they prefer.

I do agree that there’s a Supreme Court that doesn’t rule in favor of Judaism, but there are many Observant Jews in the army who want more of such units such as the “Haredi” unit. The issue is that no one is stepping forward with a resolution. And in terms of the future of warfare, Cybersecurity is something that the army should increase for obvious reasons. The Haredim in the army want more of such units, but the politics that’s on the upper eccholon of the Political Elite is not based on actually solving the issue. Yes, it’s the AG’s fault, but it’s also the PM’s fault. Bibi could do more if he wanted to. He could at least form a resolution that benefits the type that want to join even if it’s rejected.

Yankel Berel seems to study the Halakha. Why won’t other people study it?

@non Political
A war is when 2 sides are against each other. It’s actually a one-sided attack of small number of self-identified “ḥaredim” who are self-righteous who think that we need to destroy the fact that a fair number of Right-Wing Modern-Orthodox Jews AKA Religious Zionists actually exist.

@HaKatan
Your arguments are in the category of “would have”. Should a Dayan look at every case of someone wanting to come to Eretz Yisrael? Well, that might not be a bad idea from the Charedi point of view.

@ OP I ageee with you, and for the sake of Derekh Eretz, I will mention that millions of non-Jews would also be killed by the mere dismantling of Medinat Yisrael.
The best hypothetical example is how many foreign armies would fight over who’d control Israel. It’d be like the Syrian Civil War which killed over 650,000 people none of whom were Jewish. And promoting mass death won’t bring the Mashiaḥ either…

There is no severe penalty in voting for a Haredi party for the election. Actually, you following your personal rabbi is also “make yourself a rav”. If someone doesn’t have a rabbi/mentor at all, then it’s as if he doesn’t have any guidance.

Why are we still obsessed with what Rabbanim thought in that era of history? Hashem didn’t put us on this Eretz in order to be beating up dead horses. Right now, we have specific issues to deal with, and we have living Rabbanim for that.

Observation: Some Jews have a hatred against Medinat Yisrael that is so great that they have no other focus other than this. Thus, some Jews have dedicated their lives to dismantling of Medinat Yisrael even at the expense of the lives of millions of Jews…

The most logical conclusion here is that we’re using terms like 2025 for things where the entity uses that term as a frame of reference.

Such as receiving an email from a company…

Every Observant Jewish new site has its Rabbanim that it prefers

The Democratic Party isn’t relevant to you or your family. It’s ot relevant to the Jewish community. Although, if there was a different offshoot of the DNC that wasn’t woke, that’d be a different story.

These are all interesting perspective(s). I will try to add my own.

During the Golden Age of Islam, there was a proliferation of philosophical ideas learned and taught in the Islamic world. It was influenced by things like Hellenism. But guess what? The Golden Age is long gone.. Today’s Islamism is not promoting the most Golden Age ideals…

To OP, did you take into consideration that Russia didn’t bomb the Ukraine during the Trump era?

My grandmother knows R” Bleich, so I would presume that his is legit.

The word “Tsholent” is a Yiddish word derivived from French: Chaud Lent.

Chaud – Hot
Lent – Slow

So “Hamim” is accurate noun to describe it
(assuming that “Chaud” is the noun with “Lent” as an adjective).

Actually, I re-call this being discussed during the Trump era.

It was on this very site.

@yaakov doe If there’s children held on Mars, then a moon landing is possible.

It’s funny how the Medinah is scared of a disease which we HAVE treatment for yet is less concerned about terrorists blowing themselves up in the streets.

And you don’t just want to be married but STAY married.

I don’t know if the converts are fake but personally want my kids to marry someone born Jewish in order to avoid the ספק.

And @charliehall, that would actually be a good joke.

I think the author was actually talking about those legally identified as “Israeli” which would include those who move to Israel by just having a Jewish father. That could be a fair number of people. I would be less concerned about the fact that there are these types of people in Israel so long as they were more honest about it and perhaps even have a system that identifies them as separate from people who are Halachically Jewish.

Tel Aviv has the potential for holiness, but if someone from Tel Aviv became Observant, he’d likely move elsewhere.

Tel Aviv isn’t the historically famous Paris, but it might be expensive because it’s safer than what Paris is today.

“Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness”

-Life comes before the other two.

I’m late on posting here.

YWN, back in 2018 posted this:

Israel: More Women Than Men Refuse Gitten, Shattering Stereotype

I may have not seen this thread when it was posted, but I was involved with a Beit Din case around this time. It turns out that the woman refused to show up in Beit Din and got her husband arrested. This PREVENTED him from giving a Get. Her motivation was that she hid a pregnancy from her husband and from the Beit Din. She gave birth to the kid before the session in Beit Din. She is the real Get refuser, but you don’t here the Feminists in ORA discussing such cases because it doesn’t fit with their Feminist agenda.

To OP

In Germany, it is.

>Currently, in the Western world, formal, proper clothing is either black-white or elements of blue or dark-brown.

>In today’s world, Observant Jewish men are less expressive with clothing than their female counterparts. I guess some people are not raised to be expressive in this area of life.

>Khasidim are more into the exterior. It could also be that the people that are Litvak/Litvish got their color trends from the Khasidim.