BINA secular yeshiva network director Eran Baruch wonders in conversation with Arutz Sheva about the need to pass the Draft Law, which he believes only perpetuates a series of problems.
"It's a negative law that perpetuates the dichotomy that whoever studies Torah in the Jewish people must be a haredi male and all the rest serve in the army and don't study Torah," he said. "We established a secular yeshiva that isn't yet recognized by the State - with us men and women study Torah - and also serve in the army. I'm in favor of combining military service with Torah study, but this law allows thousands to study Torah without serving. All the talk about a gradual process is a lie. Everyone knows they don't enlist," Baruch says.
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