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In Israel, most Jewish men are drafted into three years of military service soon after they graduate from high school. Jewish women serve two-year stints. The ultra-Orthodox community has been exempt. But this is beginning to change. Israel's Supreme Court just ruled that religious seminaries called yeshivas are being cut off from government funding because they don't send students into the military.
In Israel, most Jewish men are drafted into three years of military service soon after they graduate from high school. Jewish women serve two-year stints. The ultra-Orthodox community has been exempt. But this is beginning to change. Israel's Supreme Court just ruled that religious seminaries called yeshivas are being cut off from government funding because they don't send
Full-time Torah study is no longer officially recognised as a basis for not enlisting in the IDF
Whether or not the decision of the HCJ will actually bring about a real change in a situation that has existed since the establishment of the state in 1948 is yet to be seen.