NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Several thousand Orthodox Jews filled the streets outside the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan this afternoon in a powerful demonstration against Israel's newly intensified military draft policies. The rally, organized by the Central Rabbinical Congress of the USA and Canada (CRC), drew an unexpectedly large crowd that spilled beyond the designated protest area, prompting police to open an additional street and expand traffic lanes to accommodate participants.

The demonstrators gathered in response to the recent rule changes to force religious Jews to enlist into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) coupled with stepped-up enforcement by Israeli authorities against yeshiva students who refuse conscription on religious grounds. This is a radical deviation o

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