Haredi communities are drafting to the IDF in larger number than before
For the first time, ultra-Orthodox high school students are thinking about what it means for parents to lose a son in battle, or for a mother to send her husband off to war.
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For the first time, ultra-Orthodox high school students are thinking about what it means for parents to lose a son in battle, or for a mother to send her husband off to war.
Lowering the IDF exemption age for haredim will lower the age barrier for entry into the Israeli workforce (from age 27) and unlock the gates to the workforce and to higher education.
From the blog of Menachem Bombach at The Times of Israel
While the Eshkolot program has attracted close to 20,000 students, there remains an official stigma among many to publicly acknowledge their participation in the program