More Religious Israeli Women Are Enlisting and Challenging Traditional Barriers

They are only too familiar with the scare tactics – from ‘It will damage your uterus’ or ‘No one will want to marry you’ – and the rabbis saying that army service has ‘driven our girls crazy.’  The state religious education system keeps pushing them to opt for national service instead. But the reality is that one out of every two religious girls chooses to enlist in the IDF, with a surge in religious women in combat roles. A special  report featuring all the voices – from the Ulpana and the pre-military academies to the induction center