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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/nyregion/for-some-orthodox-jews-a-rule-against-chopping-down-fruit-trees.html?_r=1
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Tal Tales Tal Tales
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Tomorrow, the Deferral of Military Service for Yeshiva Students Law (Temporary Measure), better known as the Tal Law, will expire.  This law is not just any law: it is the latest enactment of the so-called “status quo arrangement” that frames the uneasy relationship between Israel’s Haredi and secular populations, and between religion and State more generally. 
Defining Religious Liberty Down
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 by Ross Douthat | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"If you want to fine Catholic hospitals for following Catholic teaching, or prevent Jewish parents from circumcising their sons, or ban Chick-fil-A in Boston, then don’t tell religious people that you respect our freedoms."