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There is a great Facebook group called Yisrael Chofsheet \u2013 Free Israel<\/i> <\/a>that is part of the growing effort among secular Israelis to counter the Haredim.\u00a0 Unlike here in the U.S. where fundamentalist Christians appeal to patriotism for support, most Haredim are actually anti-patriotic.\u00a0 The fact that they are able to yield as much power as they do is largely a result of the coalition politics of Israel.<\/p>\n

Among the loudest and most justified kvetches of the non-Orthodox majority is the widespread draft-dodging and unemployment of the Haredim.\u00a0 Not able to even add two numbers together \u2013 because their men receive no secular education \u2013 they are permanently listed as \u201cTorah scholars\u201d who life\u2019s work is religious study.\u00a0 They live on state and private handouts with too many children and in poverty.<\/p>\n

One of the newest ads was actually created by the Masorti (Conservative) movement\u2019s Israeli youth group and it\u2019s brilliant.\u00a0 At the top is a quote from Mishnah Pirkei Avot 2 (strengthened by a number of halakhic rulings), \u201cAny Torah [study] which is not accompanied by labor leads to idleness and transgression.\u201d<\/p>\n