The Chareidi Draft Debate: Is Common Ground Possible? with Rav Shaya Karlinsky (295)
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The episode discusses the contentious debate over Chareidi military service in Israel and explores potential resolutions with Rav Shaya Karlinsky.
Check out Orthodox Conundrum Commentary on Substack and get your free subscription by going to https://scottkahn.substack.com/ - and members get this and other episodes of the Orthodox Conundrum Podcast ad-free and with early access and additional bonus content! The debate over Chareidi military service has become one of the most contentious issues in Israel today. It touches questions of national responsibility, Torah study, religious freedom, political power, social cohesion, and the very nature of the Jewish state. Since October 7, those questions have only become more urgent - and they are at the forefront of the current crisis in both Israeli government and society. In this episode, I speak with Rav Shaya Karlinsky about how we can resolve the current impasse between much of the Chareidi community and the rest of Israeli society. We talked about the relationship between the Chareidi community and the IDF, the role of full-time Torah study in Israeli society, and what a workable long-term solution might look like. Rav Karlinsky argues that full-time Torah learners should continue receiving deferments, that Chareidim who are not learning full time should serve, and that the…
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