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Not enough research has been done to address how Haredi Jewish (also known as ultra-Orthodox) groups interact with secular government in the United States. Most studies, if they address government or politics at all, address it as simply another curiosity within the Haredi experience. It is worthwhile to address the question of what explains the form of this political involvement, and that is ... read moreprecisely the goal of this thesis. The paper takes a comparative approach, analyzing the similarities and differences in different Haredi groups' (Hasidic, non-Hasidic, and Chabad-Lubavitch) involvement as compared to each other, and across different dimensions of engagement (bureaucratic, legislative-electoral, and ideological). Much of the analysis in this thesis will center on the question of how religious philosophy, orientation, emphasis, and practice shape the form of a particular group's involvement.read less
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