The Haredi draft controversy is just another round in a very old battle

34 years ago, when I was a bochur (unmarried man) in a religious Zionist yeshiva, Golda Meir passed away. As is often the case when someone of her political stature passes away, Meir's funeral was delayed for foreign dignitaries to arrive. Our rebbe (rabbi), who shall remain nameless, got up in front of our shiur (class) the next morning, and gave us a lesson in Zionist history that I have