JJ Kimche, a PhD candidate at Harvard University, has been involved in studying and teaching Jewish ideas and has taught Western and Jewish ideas at Harvard, Brandeis, MIT, Gratz College and other institutions.

His writings and articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, First Things, and City Journal and other publications and is the editor of his first academic book, Letters on Kabbalah, due to soon be published. He is the host of, and may be found conversing with other scholars, on, the Podcast of Jewish Ideas.

JJ delves into the sensitive topic of Charedim joining or being exempt from Tzahal Military service and explores the perspective from the Charedi viewpoint and sheds light on untold stories of Charedi soldiers. The tensions between tradition and modernity are real, gritty and complex and the personal and communal implications of military involvement more so. The nuances and consequences of this topic affect identity, duty, and the evolving landscape of Charedi life and offer us a rare glimpse into a deeply personal, heated and heavily debated aspect of Israeli society.

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Email: jkimche@g.harvard.edu

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