The consequences of the High Court ruling requiring the IDF to integrate female combat soldiers into tank units continue to unfold, with 19 Rabbanim from religious mechinos (pre‑military academies) issuing a statement this week instructing their students not to serve in mixed‑gender units.
The Rabbanim published a statement on Monday evening declaring their support for the earlier letter on the issue, which was signed by over 30 Roshei Yeshivos Hesder.
“We, too, join the call of the Roshei Yeshivot and urge our talmidim to serve only in non‑mixed units,” the statement says.
One of the signatories was Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, the Rosh Mechina of the Bnei Dovid Mechina, who also called on his talmidim not to join the Sayeret Matkal unit, saying that it is “prioritizing the value of radical feminism over victory.”
In response, the IDF stated, “The Religious Zionist public is valued and important to the IDF. As has already been clarified, the IDF operates and will continue to operate according to the Joint Service Order regarding the integration of women into combat units. At this time, the army needs every male and female combat soldier, and assignments will be made according to operational needs, without one population coming at the expense of another.”
Behind closed doors, IDF officials have expressed great concern over the issue, warning of the operational consequences of losing dozens of combat soldiers in every draft cycle in exchange for a few female tank soldiers a year.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
0 Responses
They have other rabbanim that adhere to orthodoxy and not so much to rabbi cook, I imagine they also agree
But they do it right, they tell these soldiers in the army that is assur to go there, and it’s plain and simple it is assur, no confusing, no speeches, no protesting, simply put it is assur, like a issur drabanan or a issue doraseh
If you keep torah it’s not allowed,
Imagine now for yeshivos it’s easy just to tell the boys it’s assur, and that’s it
“Roshei Mechina” and “Mechina” is not being used in the Jewish sense of the word but rather in the secular sense in the Israeli language (bastardized from the holy language that the idolaters intentionally desecrate).
Good for these Rabbanim, supporting both Achrayus to HKB”H and to the defense of their fellow members Klal Yisrael.
an Israeli Yid
How right the Satmar rebbe was on Zionism. The founders and leaders are all anti Torah. This goes back all the way to 1948 when holcaust survivors and Jews from Yemen were forced into non religious kibbutzim and fed pigs to eat. Little kids had their peyos cut and raised like goyim. This is Zionism. There is a reason no yeshiva or shul displays Israeli flags at their institutions because they know it stands for the destruction of Judaism.
“assignments will be made according to operational needs, without one population coming at the expense of another.” the draft crisis is about to expand into the Religious Zionist camp! They thought; let the chareidim be persecuted: שלום עלי נפשי – as the chareidy MK’s have been warning; YOU ARE NEXT!
If women want to be in tank units, let them have their own women’s tank unit. My understanding is that Most women are not thrilled to be in a tank unit