A Time for New Thinking in the Haredi World – Part I
Preface: I first wrote this essay about two months ago, and have been waiting for it to be published in the Jewish Press before putting it on my blog. While I don't think it contains anything controversial, they were worried that some in the Charedi community would be upset with it. In the meantime, much of what I predicted is coming more and more true every day, and the urgency for consideration of these ideas only grows. --------- One thing is clear to almost everyone in Israel: The world has changed since Simchas Torah. There is no going back to the way things were. The subhuman monsters who murdered, raped, and beheaded our brothers and sisters have shaken the world. In Israel, for the most part, there is a tremendous unity of purpose and a sense of brotherhood to fight together for our national future. Unlike what was going on before October 7, when left and right, religious and secular, were at each other's throats, there are now countless...