{"id":16440,"date":"2025-03-18T05:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=16440"},"modified":"2025-03-18T05:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:02:44","slug":"israels-newest-army-recruits-the-ultra-orthodox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=16440","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The journalists spent six months following the journeys of three ultra-Orthodox men who had been drafted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They weren\u2019t supposed to fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Israel\u2019s founding in 1948, the new nation\u2019s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men \u2014 known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, in Hebrew \u2014 would be spared from mandatory military service. In exchange, Haredi leaders lent their support for the largely secular state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrangement held for Israel\u2019s first 75 years, until the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resulting war in Gaza pulled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/06\/world\/middleeast\/israeli-reservists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of thousands of Israelis<\/a>&nbsp;into battle \u2014 but hardly any ultra-Orthodox. The dynamic exacerbated tensions that had been simmering for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Haredim, who average more than six children per family, now make up 14 percent of the nation, up from 5 percent in 1948. In 40 years, they are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/backend.shoresh.institute\/downloads\/policy-brief-eng-doingthemath.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on track<\/a>&nbsp;to account for half of all Israeli children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the numbers of Haredim have grown, many Israelis have become frustrated that their own sons and daughters are sent to fight while the Haredim receive government subsidies to study the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, the tensions broke open. Under pressure, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that ultra-Orthodox men were no longer exempt from service. The military has since sent draft orders to 10,000 Haredi men. Just 338 have shown up for duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel is now confronting one of its messiest and most fundamental dilemmas: Its fastest growing sect won\u2019t serve in the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Supreme Court decision, The New York Times began following three Haredi teenagers who represent the divergent paths for the Haredim and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaim Krausz, 19, studies the Torah for 14 hours a day, just like his father before him. He has protested the Supreme Court decision and believes armed service is not only a sin, but also a threat to ultra-Orthodox traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Itamar Greenberg, 18, a former ultra-Orthodox seminary student, has also protested against the Israeli state, but his reasons are not religious. \u201cThey\u2019ve been committing a massacre in Gaza,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yechiel Wais, 19, also once studied in a seminary, but had dreams of a life outside his strict ultra-Orthodox community and left for the work force. Then his draft orders arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not an entry ticket to Israeli society,\u201d Mr. Wais said of a position in the Israeli military. \u201cBut it\u2019s the minimum requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-4164b21b\">The soldier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-09-lqmf\/00israel-draft-09-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"A young man wearing tefillin stands in prayer in front of a window in a skyscraper, next to an Israeli flag.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yechiel Wais, 19, once studied in a seminary, but dreamed of a life outside his strict ultra-Orthodox community. He is now in the military.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up, Mr. Wais wore a black-and-white suit. Like most ultra-Orthodox males, it was practically his only outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But one year for Purim, a Jewish holiday when many children wear costumes, he dressed up as an Israeli soldier. He lived near an Israeli Air Force base and loved watching the F-16 fighter jets from behind a fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of him, a Haredi boy, growing up to be a soldier felt impossible. \u201cI didn\u2019t even fantasize about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultra-Orthodox men are supposed to devote themselves to a life of study and prayer. For many, that includes isolation from the outside, secular world: no internet, no television and no radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-03-lqmf\/00israel-draft-03-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Wais, second from left running forward, at pre-military fitness training for Haredi youth at a park in Tel Aviv.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-11-lqmf\/00israel-draft-11-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Wais moved to Jerusalem, because he could not wear a uniform in his conservative neighborhood in Bnei Brak, a city just east of Tel Aviv.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Mr. Wais\u2019s home, even the CD player was \u201ckosher\u201d \u2014 its radio antenna removed. One day, when Mr. Wais was listening to music, he suddenly heard a voice through static. His headphones had unwittingly picked up a radio signal. After that, he spent hours surreptitiously listening to the radio, discovering a very different world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the beginning of his exit from a strict ultra-Orthodox life. When he turned 17 in 2022, he told his parents he wanted to leave the yeshiva to work. They were stunned, but acquiesced. They took him to a mall to shop for clothes for his new life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He found a job outside Tel Aviv. Then, when he heard about the Supreme Court decision, he found a new path, fighting for his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-385db162\">The student<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-05-lqmf\/00israel-draft-05-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"Five ultra-Orthodox young men in formal garb at a wedding ceremony.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chaim Krausz, second from left, who studies the Torah for 14 hours a day, at an ultra-Orthodox wedding in Beit Shemesh, Israel, in September.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Krausz has no interest in secular Israeli society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He spends most of his time under the tutelage of rabbis who warn against a long list of sins, including any contact with women outside his family before marriage. He hardly leaves his densely packed ultra-Orthodox neighborhood, where signs \u2014 including above his family home \u2014 warn passers-by to dress modestly so as not to offend residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is how he wants to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands of Haredi men in Israel receive government subsidies to study the Torah, while their wives often work. In Israel, 53 percent of Haredi men are employed, versus 80 percent of Haredi women. For Israelis who are not ultra-Orthodox, employment rates exceed 80 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Haredi population is also soaring \u2014 from 40,000 in 1948 to 1.3 million today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Krausz is one of 18 children. In his four-room house, people sleep around the dining room table. He wants the same big family. \u201cThe more the better,\u201d he said. His parents are searching for a wife for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-06-lqmf\/00israel-draft-06-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Krausz preparing for Shabbat dinner with his family in Jerusalem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-08-lqmf\/00israel-draft-08-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Haredim now account for 14 percent of the nation, up from 5 percent in 1948.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The government had long funded at least a fifth of yeshivas\u2019 budgets; donors cover the rest. Then earlier this year, an Israeli court halted public funding to yeshivas that teach military-age men, part of the push to get more Haredim into the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision doesn\u2019t bother Mr. Krausz. One of the reasons he resists military service is that he opposes the concept of the Israeli state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Krausz\u2019s sect, Yahadut Haharedi, says there should not be a Jewish state until the messiah arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-5a21b2e8\">The activist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-17-lqmf\/00israel-draft-17-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"A young man holds a banner at an antiwar demonstration. The arm of another person holding a megaphone can be seen.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Itamar Greenberg, a former member of the ultra-Orthodox community, at an antiwar demonstration in Tel Aviv last July.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the weeks before his new life in the military, Mr. Wais headed out for a night out with friends. Sliding into the car, Mr. Wais wrinkled his nose and said, \u201cThe lefty sitting next to me is sweaty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That \u201clefty\u201d he referred to was his friend, Mr. Greenberg, who was indeed far to the left ideologically \u2014 and sweaty. He had come directly from an antiwar demonstration and had stickers on his shirt to show for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two had met on social media months earlier and formed a friendship as young Haredi men trying to fit into broader society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At age 12, Mr. Greenberg began questioning his faith with a censored version of the internet as a guide, dreaming of life outside his community. \u201cThe only way to become a part of Israeli society is to get drafted,\u201d he recalled thinking. \u201cThat was one of the most accurate realizations I had in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 16, his views had evolved further \u2014 and to the left. He became a vegan, stopped believing in God and developed a fierce opposition to the Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also opposes the drafting of the ultra-Orthodox, but for different reasons than most. \u201cIt\u2019s important to integrate the ultra-Orthodox people into Israeli society,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd to work for equality. But I don\u2019t care about equality in killing and oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the car to Jerusalem, Mr. Wais and Mr. Greenberg jokingly exchanged digs. They drank colorful cocktails at a friend\u2019s apartment and then headed to a Haredi haunt that served traditional Jewish foods like chopped liver and cholent, a slow-cooked stew. Eventually the conversation turned to politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-18-lqmf\/00israel-draft-18-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Wais, left, and Mr. Greenberg, center in blue T-shirt, with friends at a restaurant in Jerusalem in July.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-19-lqmf\/00israel-draft-19-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Greenberg with his mother, Ela, checking the softness of a pillow as he prepared to go to prison as a conscientious objector in August.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not willing to take part in a system that commits such crimes,\u201d Mr. Greenberg said to Mr. Wais in the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhich crimes?\u201d Mr. Wais responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDo you want a list?\u201d Mr. Greenberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be their last night out together. Both had been drafted. While Mr. Wais was preparing for basic training, Mr. Greenberg was preparing to report to a military prison as a conscientious objector. His ultra-Orthodox family reluctantly accepted his new views, including his father, a rare Haredi man who serves in the Army reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was not accepted by his bunk mates. Once in prison, Mr. Greenberg realized that his fellow inmates were not activists like him, but soldiers accused of crimes. They taunted and threatened him, he said, and guards sometimes put him in solitary confinement for his own protection. \u201cThey hate the army,\u201d he said of the other prisoners, \u201cbut they hate me more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, after 197 days incarcerated across five separate prison stints, Mr. Greenberg walked out of the prison for what he hoped was the final time. \u201cThe army\u2019s decided to release me,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itamar_green\/status\/1896952085968785586\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he said<\/a>, dressed in a green sweatshirt with smiley faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the broader goal was to build a better future, for everyone from Jordan to the sea,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m not done with that yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-18ac910c\">An ultra-Orthodox platoon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/01\/09\/multimedia\/00Israel-Haredi-add-lkbw\/00Israel-Haredi-add-lkbw-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"An airman stands at the rear of a military aircraft in a hangar, holding a flashlight.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Wais is now an aircraft technician in a special ultra-Orthodox unit of the Israeli Air Force\u2019s 105th Scorpion Squadron.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past several decades, hundreds of Haredi men had defied their community and volunteered for military service, but most had been kept away from combat. Mr. Wais wanted to be different: He wanted to fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like war,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I like action in the street \u2014 the soldiers and rockets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet after a medical exam revealed he needed ear surgery, military officials told him he was not cut out for combat. Instead, he would maintain aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, he arrived at an air force base in Israel\u2019s north and was assigned to a unit with two dozen other Haredi soldiers. They shed their traditional black-and-white garb for mechanics\u2019 jumpsuits, but kept their kipas, or traditional skullcaps. Many also still wore payot, or side curls, common among the ultra-Orthodox. Mr. Wais had shaved his years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-16-lqmf\/00israel-draft-16-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Wais was greeted by friends outside a military base as he started his army service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/12\/13\/multimedia\/israel-draft-add-01-pktz\/israel-draft-add-01-pktz-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Wais and other Haredi soldiers listening to a sermon from a Haredi rabbi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their barracks and lunch tables were separated from other soldiers to avoid mixing with women, which could violate Haredi principles. Their food was cooked to even stricter kosher standards. They prayed and studied religious texts for two to three hours a day \u2014 the most Mr. Wais said he had studied since leaving the seminary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere isn\u2019t a soldier here who could complain how we\u2019re being treated with regard to religious issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a recent day, Mr. Wais and two fellow Haredi soldiers went through final training on maintenance for an F-16 fighter jet. They were the same jets he used to watch as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterward, the soldiers gathered for a sermon from a Haredi rabbi. They were set to graduate from training the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are in the middle of the biggest war of all,\u201d the rabbi, David Viseman, told the teenagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have to prepare your souls to cling to goodness in the world,\u201d he added. \u201cTo erase evil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now he is working as an aircraft technician in a special ultra-Orthodox unit of the Israeli Air Force\u2019s 105th Scorpion Squadron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are the new pioneers,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are marching at the head of a movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-23aec8cc\">An ultra-Orthodox protest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-21-lqmf\/00israel-draft-21-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"Ultra-Orthodox men sit or lie on the ground during a protest, while police officers stand nearby.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Haredi men protesting the new draft law outside the Tel Hashomer military base last August.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To Mr. Krausz, the evil are the Haredim in the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the way I look at any Jew who breaks the Shabbat,\u201d he said, referring to the Jewish day of rest. \u201cIt\u2019s forbidden to love them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was more forgiving of secular soldiers. \u201cOf course they don\u2019t know better,\u201d he said, puffing on a strawberry-kiwi-flavored vape at his dining room table, shelves of religious texts behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His biggest fear is that the ultra-Orthodox faith won\u2019t survive if Haredi men must fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Supreme Court decision, Mr. Krausz joined thousands of other Haredi men in the streets. They crowded around an enlistment office and harassed the Haredi draftees going in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/10\/22\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-07-lqmf\/00israel-draft-07-lqmf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cWhoever goes into the military comes out completely secular,\u201d Mr. Krausz, second from left, said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/01\/08\/multimedia\/00israel-draft-25-mhtl\/00israel-draft-25-mhtl-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Krausz at his home in Jerusalem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli Army said in a statement that Haredi men who ignore draft orders \u201cmay face criminal sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet unlike Mr. Greenberg, who turned himself in to the authorities, Mr. Krausz and his peers have largely avoided consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any effort to force them to serve, Mr. Krausz warned, would not be taken lightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are willing to die to not go to the army,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Myra Noveck&nbsp;contributed reporting from Jerusalem and Haifa, Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A correction was made on<\/strong> March 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An earlier version of a picture caption with this article misidentified the location of the neighborhood where Yechiel Wais could not wear a military uniform. It is in the city of Bnei Brak, not in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/16\/world\/middleeast\/israel-military-haredim-draft.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/16\/world\/middleeast\/israel-military-haredim-draft.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The journalists spent six months following the journeys of three ultra-Orthodox men who had been drafted. They weren\u2019t supposed to fight. At Israel\u2019s founding in 1948, the new nation\u2019s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men \u2014 known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, in Hebrew \u2014 would be spared from mandatory military service. 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