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A first: 40 haredim join Air Force
Group
of Orthodox men who dropped out of yeshiva studies receive training in
aircraft maintenance, mechanics in framework of project 'Blue Dawn'
Yossi Yehoshua
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function setDbLinkCategory(url) {eval(unescape(url));}The first ever group of Orthodox Jews was recruited into the Israel Air
Force (IAF) last week as part of project "Blue Dawn", Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.
In the framework of the project, 40 haredi men who had drooped
out of their yeshiva studies, received training in areas such as
aircraft maintenance, mechanics and the arming of fighter jets and
helicopters. The recruits all have a low medical profile and cannot
serve in combat positions.
The project was launched due to the depleted supply of human
resources in the Air Force and in an attempt to provide Orthodox men
with professional experience that would later help integrate them into
the private market.
However, rabbis of the Netzah Yehuda organization, which
founded the IDF's Nahal Haredi battalion, have expressed their
objection to the project.
"We
and our families paid a heavy personal price so that the Nahal Haredi
would gain its legitimacy, and we were shocked to hear of another
program for the recruitment of haredim that is famous for its
permissiveness. This can hurt the Nahal Haredi."
The IAF rejected the claim, saying the program was set up in accordance with "all of the IDF Rabbinate's demands". |
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