Israeli Voices: Who We Are - Episode Six

An educator waits outside the Knesset -- Israel’s parliament -- for ultra-Orthodox students learning civics as preparation for life-altering military service and participation in Israel’s workaday and political world -- facing ostracism and rejection from families and communities.In the West Bank, Rabbi Bombach -- ultra-Orthodox rabbi, army reservist, entrepreneurial educator -- speaks of his life’s work -- educating fellow Haredim to become part of and succeed in dynamic, competitive, patriotic Israel while preserving centuries-old religious, social, cultural traditions.Young Israeli soldiers on patrol, hiking out of a Judean valley where Benjamin and other Biblical figures drew water, recounting duty in the West Bank, Lebanon, Gaza, elsewhere -- honoring military service, questioning harsh judgments of their nation from the world.