National service israel

Tradition and transition: How the Haredi world is quietly evolving - opinion

From the ground up, quietly and courageously, individuals and families are making choices that do not reject tradition but embody it differently.

 Haredi men in the workplace; illustrative.
From left: FIDF CEO Steven Weil, Minister of Transportation Miri Regev, Nefesh B’Nefesh Co-Founder Rabbi Yehoshua Fass.

Fast lane for lone soldiers: Nefesh B’Nefesh and FIDF host driver’s license conversion day

 United Hatzalah

Volunteer EMT: Is this the solution for the haredi draft law?

 BAT SHERUT Devora Ruderman.

Devora Ruderman: A lone ‘Bat Sherut’ making a difference


Top National Security Council official named in corruption probe

Bar-Yosef served as deputy head of the National Security Council from 2009 to 2015, and before that was director of the Knesset’s Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee.

Avriel Bar-Yosef

Bill would cancel national service volunteers for foreign government-funded NGOs

There are 25 such NGOs registered in Israel, five of which have a total of 12 volunteers doing national service.

MK Amir Ohana

Three times as many Arabs as Haredim volunteer for national service

Rivlin meets with Arab volunteers in national civil service at his residence in Jerusalem earlier this month.

Breakthrough program to enable Arab youth to serve communities may become national model

Project is designed for Arab youth ages 18-21 who want to volunteer in their communities in educational institutions and social services 4 days a week for at total of 30 hours, plus training.

ISRAELI ARABS attend the Abraham Fund’s national service launch event in Kalansuwa last week

Deputy A-G: Withdrawal of national service slots is unlawful

MK Ariel undeterred, vows to regulate the matter.

Uri Ariel

From high school to the home front

As the title implies, the story does more than scratch the surface; we follow the soldiers when they go home to their worried families and undergo questioning from their friends.

Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Homefront

National Service volunteers in Eilat now eligible for free public transport

Until now, the volunteers received free trips only up to Arava Junction, where they then had to fund the remainder of their journeys to Eilat – amounting to NIS 58 each way.

Eilat

B'Tselem banned from National-Civilian Service

Sar-Shalom Djerbi: B'Tselem helps Israel's enemies and spreads lies about Israel and the IDF around the world.

Demonstrators burn an Israeli national flag during an anti-Israel protest