In line to build religious Zionist schools for conscription into the IDF: they will be able to serve in the ICT Corps in cyber and software positions • Chairman of the Midrashot Association: "Many want to study Torah and also serve in the IDF"
The studies of the studio girls
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Midreshet OT Lindenbaum / Or Torah Stone Network
For the first time since the schools that prepare religious Zionist girls for enlistment in the IDF were established, graduates of the program will be able to serve in the ICT Corps in cyber and software positions.
Data from the Ministry of Defense's Social Security Division, obtained by Israel Today, show that against the background of the lively debate among the national-religious public regarding the recruitment of religious girls to the army, a record number was recorded this year.
The seminary nucleus track, which is intended for religious girls who wish to enlist in the IDF in a combined track similar to the hesder yeshiva track, began in 1999 with only 62 girls. In 2010, the number of girls was 99, and this year 330 students enrolled in nine nuclei % Compared to the previous year) which will combine ten months of Torah study and then two years of full military service in a variety of positions, according to past data, about 20% of them will continue in officer positions.
Over the years, the main positions for the graduates of the track were teaching and training bags in the Education Corps, Tash bags and various positions in the Intelligence Corps and the Air Force. Until a year ago, the graduates of the schools did not enlist in the land arm, Observers and Sambats - this year they will, as mentioned, be able to serve in the ICT Corps in various positions.
"Breakthrough Track"
"This is a groundbreaking track, which is a platform for recruiting and integrating religious girls in the IDF, in a variety of quality and significant positions," says Udi Dror, head of the recruitment division and unique and Torah tracks in the Defense-Social Division of the Ministry of Defense. And I'm glad to see the number of girls grow from year to year.
I believe we will continue to enrich the track with additional positions for the recruits in the coming years as well. "
One of the most prominent institutions in the midrashot landscape is the OT Lindenbaum seminary from the Or Torah Stone network, in whose branches 170 girls will study this year compared to 140 last year.
The head of the midrasha, who also serves as chairman of the Midrashim Association, Rabbi Ehad Taharlev, also refers with satisfaction to the peak in the annual registration data and tells Israel Today that "the growing number of girls who choose the track shows that more and more of them are interested in studying Torah and Join the army".