https://freerepublic.com/tag/orthodoxparasites/ en-us Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:45:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4336510/posts Hundreds of men in black suits and black hats of the Edah Haredit sect grew agitated as a top rabbi, shouting in Yiddish from a balcony, denounced the Israeli government for drafting the ultra-Orthodox. They had been exempt from military service to focus on religious study since the founding of Israel, but now they were needed for the war in Gaza. ...Outside the nearby Mir Yeshiva, one of the largest and most prestigious religious schools in the country, Haim Bamberger, 23, said he was studying the Torah, as, he said, God wanted. It was Mr. Bamberger’s way of defending Israel,... New york times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4336510/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:45:47 GMT