The War Within: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox

by Yuval Elizur, Lawrence Malkin

Overview

For many Israelis, it is the internecine conflict with the ultra-orthodox Haredim that impacts their lives the most. The majority of Haredim -- raised with an intense focus on religion at the expense of all else -- are unemployable in a modern economy. Many choose to pursue religious studies, which the government subsidizes up to the age of 40. The first book on a conflict that is fast crystallizing into a national debate, The War Within is a lively and trenchant exploration of a battle between church and state as it plays out before our eyes in Israel today. As acclaimed journalists Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin expose, the situation today has reached a critical point that threatens the state of Israel from within and must certainly affect its future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781468310016
Publisher:	ABRAMS
Publication date:	02/12/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

A former correspondent of the Washington Post and the Boston Globe, Yuval Elizur is a distinguished Israeli journalist and the fifth generation of his family to have been born in Jerusalem.; Lawrence Malkin is an award-winning correspondent who served in London, Paris, Washington, New Delhi, Madrid, the United Nations, New York City and elsewhere for Time magazine, the International Herald Tribune, and The Associated Press. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Lawrence Malkin is an award-winning correspondent who has written for Time, the International Herald Tribune, and The Associated Press. He lives in New York City.

Prologue: An Anxious Call 11

1 Jerusalem: A Divided Capital 15

2 How the War Began 39

3 The Armored Chariots of the Messiah 59

4 What Is the Law of Israel? 73

5 Who Enforces the Law? 83

6 What Should You Teach Your Son? 93

7 Torah Without Work 109

8 The Soldiers of Israel or of God? 123

9 Steel Helmets and Knitted Skullcaps 133

10 Discrimination Against Women 147

11 The Sabbath According to Precedent 167

12 Sacred Shekels 179

13 The Changing Nature of Jewish Solidarity 191

14 How Will the War End? 203

Selected Bibliography 218

Index 219

Editorial Reviews

"A bare-knuckles brawl in which Elizur and Malkin go 15 rounds with the sectarian/Haredi world in Israel." —Jewish Daily Forward

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