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Podcast: VINnews Podcast
Episode: Helping Black-Hat Jews Make Aliyah
Description: Moving to Israel is a Zionist ideal. It's also a Torah imperative. But black-hat (or 'yeshivish') Jews often approach this imperative sans all the halachic zeal and stringency that they normally bring to Torah instructions. Rabbi Yoel Berman – a member of the yeshiva world himself – is associated with several organizations devoted to making the Torah case for moving to Israel as well as helping black-hat Jews find their place in the Holy Land. Rabbi Berman argues that many of the practical reasons black-hat Jews used to offer for not moving to Israel simply no longer apply.Living in the L...