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Torah · 55:11

Yehoshua Pfeffer: 'The army is not ready for real Haredi participation'

18Forty

Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer discusses Haredi participation in the IDF.

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we the want to be involved in the state as much as possible in order to try to bring in to pervade to penetrate the state with as much religious content as possible provided of course that it doesn't create alienation that it doesn't cause hatred which sometimes unfortunately some religious intervention has caused Shalom I'm yua Feer Community Rabbi and social thinker SL activist this is 18 this is 18 questions for 40 Israeli thinkers from 1840 from 1840 this is 18 questions 40 Israeli thinkers and I'm your host surle fer 18 questions 40 Israeli thinkers is a new podcast that interviews Israel's leading voices to explore those critical questions people are having today on Zionism the Israel Hamas War democracy morality Judaism peace Israel's future and so much more every week we introduce and so much more every week we introduce you to Fresh perspectives and challenging ideas about Israel from across the political spectrum that you won't find anywhere else so if you're the kind of person who wants to learn understand and dive deeper into Israel then join us on our journey as we pose 18 pressing questions to the 40 Israeli journalists Scholars and religious thinkers you need to hear from today one of the biggest issues facing Israelite Society right now and there are many and there are a lot to consider but this one is the k draft specifically Israel's

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  1. 0:00we the want to be involved in the state as much as possible in order to
  2. 5:07demonizing Jews who are so different than them which Cuts along both ends of the religious
  3. 11:20Israelis are religious people I realize that in surveys and polling it doesn't necessarily come out
  4. 16:55try to bring in to pervade to penetrate the state with as much religious content as
  5. 22:06like messianism now right we want we want Mah now and I think the word now
  6. 27:47ruling that effectively effectively said that every kedi boy between the age of 18 and 26
  7. 33:25and because in a family of Nations just like other nations have a right to a
  8. 38:33every question every critique can be done out of love the pan mishle tells us that
  9. 44:08surprise that when you go into a civilian population within Gaza within the Judean Samaria the
  10. 49:47certainly a person of of hope I think that sometimes hope versus fear optimism versus pessimism

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