The Perfect Charedi Storm

While a day before Rosh HaShana we were celebrating Iran’s failure to kill anyone or cause serious damage, along with the general success of the war against Hezbollah, Rosh HaShana came in as we heard about six soldiers that had been killed. When I went to shul, which is normally very crowded for Rosh HaShana, I was struck at how many empty seats there were; then I realized that it was because so many young men had been called back into the reserves. My son’s hesder yeshivah is half empty. Durin...