Welfare support for Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jews
The World’s Matthew Bell reports on the debate in Israel over the tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox men who spend their days studying the Torah instead of working. It’s an arrangement often subsidized by the state, and some say it’s setting Israel up for an economic disaster soon.
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