About 350 of them chose combat units, according to Ohr Torah Stone, which said the figures were based on IDF data. Those figures are up from 2017, when about 2,700 Orthodox women, or 34% of their ...
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IDF to launch gender-specific combat unit for religious womenHe told The Jerusalem Post: “For 26 years, Ohr Torah Stone’s Midreshet Lindenbaum has fully supported religious women in non-combat IDF roles, providing them with spiritual and halakhic ...
Even so, for many of the reasons discussed, women no longer participate in front-line IDF combat units. While it is true that countries such as Israel and Russia in the past, and the Kurdish ...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to develop 'sex-neutral' physical fitness standards for combat roles.
A new order mandates that physical fitness requirements for combat arms positions be “sex-neutral,” which is likely to reduce the number of women who meet them.
There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The past year has been one of the most challenging in Israel’s ...
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A new IDF combat platoon lets religious women join the fight while keeping the faithSpurred by Oct. 7 and bolstered by shifting mores, an all-female force is taking shape within the army, complete with a ...
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