{"id":129528,"date":"2017-11-08T03:34:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T08:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=129528"},"modified":"2017-11-08T03:34:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T08:34:15","slug":"jerusalem-protests-look-to-preserve-ultra-orthodox-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/08\/jerusalem-protests-look-to-preserve-ultra-orthodox-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem protests look to preserve ultra Orthodox lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_107594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107594\" style=\"width: 3072px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5314864601_747e3abc88_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107594\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5314864601_747e3abc88_o.jpg\" alt=\"East Jerusalem. (Photo: Madmartigand\/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.)\" width=\"3072\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5314864601_747e3abc88_o.jpg 3072w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5314864601_747e3abc88_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5314864601_747e3abc88_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5314864601_747e3abc88_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3072px) 100vw, 3072px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Jerusalem. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/madmartigand\/5314864601\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/madmartigand\/\">Madmartigand\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>JERUSALEM\u2014 A string of protests by ultra-Orthodox Jewish activists against Israel&#8217;s compulsory military service has paralyzed Jerusalem in recent weeks in what their leaders had hoped would be a show of strength by the traditionally insular society.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, the demonstrations reflect a desperate attempt by members of a vocal minority trying to preserve a lifestyle that is rapidly changing around them.<\/p>\n<p>Widely seen as a drag on the country&#8217;s economy, Israel&#8217;s ultra-Orthodox world is being forced to adapt _ with growing numbers embracing technology, pursuing higher education, entering the work force and even serving in the army.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say tomorrow&#8217;s ultra-Orthodox will look much different from today&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Gidon Katz, an ultra-Orthodox Jew who runs an advertising and public relations agency in Jerusalem, predicts the change \u201cwill happen on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM\u2014 A string of protests by ultra-Orthodox Jewish activists against Israel&#8217;s compulsory military service has paralyzed Jerusalem in recent weeks &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":107594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[31892,31893],"class_list":["post-129528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle","category-news-w","tag-jerusalem-protests-look-to-preserve-ultra-orthodox-lifestyle","tag-ultra-orthodox-jewish-activists","mauthors-aron-heller","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}