Tuesday, July 03, 2007
IDF enlists exempt Haredi youth who feigned mental illness
In an effort to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the Israel Defense Forces, the army has recently enlisted religious youths who received exemptions from the military for psychiatric reasons.
IDF Human Resources Directorate head, Major General Elazar Stern, allowed five individuals, who had regretted feigning mental problems in order to dodge military service, to join the haredi Netzah Yehuda Battalion.
According to Stern's new directive, enlistment of such candidates for military service will require renewed professional approvals by private sector and army psychiatrists ensuring their mental stability.
Most military enlistment-aged haredi youths who study at yeshivas receive exemptions, but those not enrolled at religious schools often claim they are incapable of joining due to mental problems.
In recent years, a growing number of graduates of national religious yeshivas -the majority of which join combat units- have also asked for exemptions using the same practice.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/877804.html
In an effort to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the Israel Defense Forces, the army has recently enlisted religious youths who received exemptions from the military for psychiatric reasons.
IDF Human Resources Directorate head, Major General Elazar Stern, allowed five individuals, who had regretted feigning mental problems in order to dodge military service, to join the haredi Netzah Yehuda Battalion.
According to Stern's new directive, enlistment of such candidates for military service will require renewed professional approvals by private sector and army psychiatrists ensuring their mental stability.
Most military enlistment-aged haredi youths who study at yeshivas receive exemptions, but those not enrolled at religious schools often claim they are incapable of joining due to mental problems.
In recent years, a growing number of graduates of national religious yeshivas -the majority of which join combat units- have also asked for exemptions using the same practice.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/877804.html
Comments:
for shame. that yidden in eretz yisroel think it's acceptable to make blatant lies to get out of anything. don't get me wrong- i'm not saying it is acceptable to let oneself be drafted without a fight. but this is such a chillul hashem. can't you just hear the chilonim- and those chareidim have no values, you know what they do...
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: July 03, 2007 7:38 PM
: July 03, 2007 7:38 PM
When I was in YEshiva In Israel my whole Shiur had a Petur from the Amry, everyone was telling uus thier tricks how to act crazy.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : July 04, 2007 12:37 AM
: July 04, 2007 12:37 AM
Shame on the charedi world. Just finished a book on 1967- where would we be without Tzahal!!?? What a Nes! Hace hakaras hatov that you're not being enlisted into the EGYPTIAN army right now. Tzahal is not perfect, for sure, but there are so many at risk kids in the Charedi oilam that it makes sense to encourage those who really can't learn anyway to do something positive and do a kidush hashem in the place that needs it the most.
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