Israeli army officials located some 500 fervently Orthodox Jews who have been working despite army deferrals that prevent them from doing so. The announcement came after an Israeli high court recently deemed illegal a long- standing arrangement under which Jews who declare studying the Torah to be their work are granted army deferrals. Israel’s High Court of Justice also recently ordered the Parliament to draft new legislation on the matter.
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