The 2 Israels: Court Crisis Is Front Line for Dueling Visions of a Nation's Future
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Pasit Siach, a high school teacher, says she dreams of an Israel in which everyone ultra-Orthodox Jews, atheists and anyone in between feels able to lead a lifestyle of their choice.Pinchas Badush, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, has a different vision, one in which public life shuts down on the Jewish sabbath, civil marriages are not recognized by the state and ultraconservative rabbis enforce a strict interpretation of kosher food regulations.
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