Common Faith

Inside the Haredi Community: Education, Identity, and Israel’s Future

Common Faith

Show Notes

Can Israel preserve religious tradition while building a more shared and sustainable future?

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove and Jon Frankel sit down with Rabbi Menachem Bombach, a Haredi educator and social entrepreneur working to bridge one of the deepest divides in Israeli society: the relationship between the ultra-Orthodox community and the modern State of Israel.

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