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From studying Gemara at the ulpana to completing a pilot course: The Religious Navy of the Air Force
She is a religious girl who makes sure to wear a skirt.
She studied Toshav'a, Gemara and Talmud at the ulpana and midrasha. Her grandfather was killed in a terrorist attack 4 years ago, and it was clear to her that she would enlist in the IDF.
She generally wanted to be a simulator instructor, but this week she will complete a pilot course as a heavy transport navigator.
"I'm sure Grandpa is happy and proud of me"
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Amir Bohbot
Friday, 18 June 2021, 03:47 Updated: 06:00
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The 21-year-old Lieutenant M. is expected to complete the pilot course this week, after which she will be appointed a heavy transport navigator in the Air Force.
M. grew up in a family of six in the locality of Tzur Yigal.
In an interview with Walla!
M. said that "a pilot course was not my dream. Not something I thought about too much before. I wanted to be a simulator instructor in the Air Force," M. testified about herself.
She added that after she started sorting for training simulators, she received a summons to sort a pilot course.
"I decided to give it a try - and as I progressed through the stages I started thinking, asking and hearing about a pilot course. That's how it started," she said.
M. said that she decided that this was an opportunity to do something meaningful and challenging for herself, as well as to give of herself as much as possible.
"I wanted to do things I never thought I would ever do," she said.
M. grew up and was educated in a religious home, attended a religious school, and accordingly - she adheres to modest dress.
In the seventh grade, she moved to study at the Ulpanit while expanding her studies in the subjects of oral Torah, literature and chemistry.
She then went on to study Gemara and Talmud at a seminary in Yeruham.
Over the years, she combined swimming, dancing and tennis after school, as well as mentoring the "Krembo Wings" and Bnei Akiva youth movements.
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"I wanted to do things I never thought I would do." M., the religious navigator (Photo: IDF Spokesman)
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Graduation Ceremony of Pilots Course at Hatzerim Air Force Base, 2019 (Photo: Report)
M. testified to herself that it was always clear to her that she would enlist in the IDF: "I am a religious girl, and in general it is part of my values and my daily life. It is clear that it is accompanied and related to my service and the way I see fit to do things. "On the decision to take a pilot course despite the complexities and challenges that can accompany any boy and girl said" it is my decision with myself. I had no doubt that I would never enlist. "
Regarding the specific position she takes up immediately after completing the pilot's course, M. said that" there was a consultation with family and friends, but not in the place of much questioning. My family is very supportive. My sister served in the military as an education officer. In my locality it is open - and so in my family, in my environment, in the school and also in the seminary where I studied. The seminary accompanies me until now. At the end I have a teacher from the seminary who comes to study with me in the army. I sat with him, I was approved in the military framework to study Gemara for an hour. "
Did not dream of a pilot course, but this week will finish it as a navigator.
Hercules transport aircraft (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, GPO)
Does a religious girl in a pilot course feel extraordinary?
"There is a large majority of men here. It combines complexity and you have to find the place in the group. To this day I am confident and feel part. There is no question at all if there is a difference between me and someone else in the course. I am completely part. In my place. It combines challenges. And a seminary only with girls, and now it's a different environment I got to meet her. It mostly gave me a lot of good friends. It brings you together with a lot of cultures to learn to live with people who are a little different from you in every way. Sabbaths in the army with Shabbat atmosphere. Our stuff "
Where does it collide?
Where is it challenging?
"I do not think there are things in the course that are challenging .. that conflict .. you finally have to manage your Shabbat. In your home you are used to Shabbat looking X and in the end you get to a place where most people do not keep Shabbat or behave differently from me We make a nice meal. There's a synagogue here that gives a feeling. On Saturdays it's to find out how you do your Shabbat. Although everyone's Shabbat language looks different. The army gives you from the formation to pray, if I want to go with a skirt, nothing religious "You are not restricted here, and if someone did not know your custom - there is absolutely room to come and say. I have not come across anything that has not been answered."
No questions at all about 'What do I need this hard course for'?
"Friends and girlfriends are getting free ... I love people very much and it was not easy to say goodbye to some of them. You wonder and there are questions. There were points where there was physical and mental difficulty, for example to say goodbye to good friends who go home after committees.It was a momentary difficulty. "
What was the most difficult moment?
Most challenging?
"It could be that the check-in phase (flight phase), being on a test for a long time. It's a very intense whole month both physically and mentally. First time you meet the committees. Say goodbye to friends. It was the challenging phase. First exposure to this world. Challenging period ".
"I was allowed to study Gemara once a week with a teacher from the seminary."
Pilot Course Graduation Ceremony, Courts (Photo: Official Website, Haim Hornstein, Official Paul)
Your grandfather was killed in a stabbing attack four years ago.
"When I was at the seminary, he was killed in a terrorist attack in Kafr Qassem. We had a close relationship. Mostly I feel that he does accompany me. I have no doubt that he was proud of me and that he was happy for me. I start to contribute and give myself a lot and put myself on the edge, challenge myself and he "He was happy about it. Although he was not alive when I started the screenings, I'm sure he was proud of me."
You complete the course as a heavy transport navigator and fly on Hercules and other aircraft.
"In the end what matters is what's at the end. How the cockpit is run and how the work is done. Whether it's team synchronization in heavy transport or arrays flying in more than one person. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. It doesn't matter who does it. That's what matters. ".
What is your message to girls who are undecided? Hesitant?
"I enlisted and said look, try, do the best I can. In the end, the flight school commanders knew if I was right or wrong. Step by step I was surprised. At first it was unnatural for me and three years ago I did not think that would be the end. "Until you try - you can not know how far you can take yourself and what challenges you can overcome. Mostly worth a try. On the first operational action? Wait. We are beginning to be exposed and progress. There is more training and things to go through."
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