The weeks-long holiday period ends Friday, and many leaders have beseeched Israelis on all sides to act with greater tolerance. Those pleas have largely fallen on deaf ears.
Worshipers take part in the priestly blessing during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, on Monday.
The weeks-long holiday period ends Friday, and many leaders have beseeched Israelis on all sides to act with greater tolerance during the holiest stretch of the Jewish calendar. Those pleas have largely fallen on deaf ears during a time unprecedented political division.Avinoam Rosenak, of Hebrew University’s Jewish Studies Institute, said the fight reflects divisions over religion’s role in society going to back to the founding of the country.
Religious parties provide Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the majority he needs to keep his 9-month-old coalition in power. In exchange, critics say, the government has taken steps to funnel billions to ultra-Orthodox institutions, housing developments, and schools which largely do not adhere to national standards for teaching math, science and other core subjects.
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