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JERUSALEM Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called Sunday for denying government funding and passports to ultra-Orthodox Jews refusing military service. "The recruitment of Haredi is a matter of values, and they must enlist,” Lapid told Israel’s Army Radio. "If they do not, they should not receive budgets, they should not get passports, and they should not be allowed to travel to Uman (Ukraine)." Each year, thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews travel to the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate