After Israel began its crackdown on Haredi men refusing to draft into the Israeli army last week, Rabbi Dov Landau, the spiritual leader of a key ultra-Orthodox political faction, made a statement that sounded, to the secular ear, both dire and incredibly silly.
After Israel began its crackdown on Haredi men refusing to draft into the Israeli army last week, Rabbi Dov Landau, the spiritual leader of a key ultra-Orthodox political faction, made a statement that sounded, to the secular ear, both dire and incredibly silly.
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