Discussion Outline
- Who serves in the Israeli Army or completes National Service? (Answer: all Israeli boys and girls when they graduate high school).
- Until now, there has been an exception for haredim. What does haredi (ultra-orthodox) mean?
- How old will the haredi draftees be? (Answer ages 17-19 or "teenagers").
- For bigger kids: why was there an exception for haredim? (Answer: agreement between Ben Gurion and haredim at the founding of the state). That exception, known as the "Tal Law" expired last year.
- What new accomodations does the Israeli Army have to make for Haredi soldiers? Think about how their lifestyle may be different from regular soldiers. (Clues: kashrut, at what age do haredim tend to get married and have children, etc.)
- Some answers: setting up barracks for Haredi soldiers that are separated from accommodations for women soldiers, not having women soldiers sing at ceremonies, buying special food that meets Haredi standards of kashrut, paying larger stipends to Haredi draftees who are married with children.
- "Roses and thorns:"
- What are the positive aspects of having haredim join the army? (one possible answer: building bridge between haredi and secular Jewish communities, because army is a sort of melting pot in Israel for all Israel youth).
- What are the potentially negative aspects (one asnwer: considerable financial cost of accomodating them)
- iPad: pictures of a haredi in a commado unit (http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-planning-first-ultra-orthodox-commando-unit.premium-1.470635).
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