The internal tensions and conflicts central to Haredi Lithuanian yeshivas in contemporary Israel are described with a focus on the rabinical authorities' attempts to respond to these difficulties and the changes the Haredi community is experiencing as a result

Yohai Hakak, Ph.D. (1970), is a senior lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth. He has published many articles and mongraphs and co-directed a documentary series about the Jewish Haredi community in Israel.