HIST 294 Lecture 23: Week 12 Monday: Jewish Radicalism and the Peace Process
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Orthodox camp (agudat yisrael, shas, yahdut, hatura) Orthodox camp: represented in the israeli parliament by agudat yisrael, shas, yahdut hatura, minor differences between agudat yisrael and yahdut hatura, reject the separation of religion from the state. Orthodox jewish schools" curriculum should be in line with the torrah: any science that contradicts this will be excluded. Orthodox jews are exempt from conscription: agreement with the government, con ict in israeli society, secular jews (men and women) must all serve in the army. Jewish laws should apply to society as a whole saturday is a sacred day, marriage and divorced based on jewish laws in jewish courts. !1: politics/zionism with religion, think that zionist did the right think by establishing the state, unlike the orthodox. Many orthodox jews do not work and the state has to subsidize their housing: taxes the secular and transferring that many to orthodox jews.