secular israelis, to some extent, free ride upon the more stricter, more religious israelis. And thus hat as part of the bargain of the more extreme religious individuals, have to be given some kinds of political preferences to keep them on board. Jerusalem tends to be a more religious city than televieve. But there're plenty of orthodox people and religious people in televieve, and there's plenty of non observant people here in jerusalem. They tend to have different rules about how the sabbath is kept in terms of public services. The state should be more sympathetic or less sympathetic to the religious currents here. I don't like that idea, as a jew, i
In this special crossover special with EconTalk, Tyler interviews Russ Roberts about his new life in Israel as president of Shalem College. They discuss why there are so few new universities, managing teams in the face of linguistic and cultural barriers, how Israeli society could adapt to the loss of universal military service, why Israeli TV is so good, what American Jews don’t understand about life in Israel, what his next leadership challenge will be, and much more.
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