For God and country? : religious student-soldiers in the Israel defense forces / Elisheva Rosman-Stollman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosman-Stollman, Elisheva, author.

Series:

Binah Yitzrit Foundation series in Israel studies.

Binah Yitzrit Foundation Series in Israel Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Religious life--Israel.

Soldiers.

Israel.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.

Local Subjects:

Israel.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines preservice study programs offered to Orthodox Jews, which serve as mediating structures between the demands of religious Zionism and the demands of the Israel Defense Forces without encouraging the students to disobey military orders in preference to commands of their rabbis.

Contents:

""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1. Structures and Institutions""; ""Chapter 1. Greedy Institutions, Mediating Structures, and Empirical Examples""; ""Greedy Institutions and Mediating Structures""; ""Religion and the Military as Greedy Institutions""; ""Chapter 2. Military Attitudes toward Religious Soldiers: Five Case Studies""; ""The Iranian Armed Forces""; ""The Turkish Military""; ""The United States Military""; ""The Indian Armed Forces""; ""The International Context and the Israeli Case""; ""Part 2. Being a Soldier and a Religious Jew: Dilemmas and Solutions""

""Chapter 3. Military Service from Ideological, Halakhic, and Value Perspectives""""Halakhic and Practical Problems during Military Service""; ""A Collision of Values""; ""Issues of Identity""; ""Chapter 4. The Hesder Yeshivot""; ""The Nature and Structure of the Hesder Program""; ""Program Characteristics and Military Service as a Hesder Student""; ""Curriculum and Faculty""; ""Preparation for Military Service""; ""Demographics""; ""Student Expectations""; ""Military Service in the Hesder Program""; ""Untitled""; ""Chapter 5. The Shiluv Program""

""The Nature and Structure of the Shiluv Program""""Program Characteristics and Military Service as a Shiluv Student""; ""Curriculum and Faculty""; ""Preparation for Military Service""; ""Demographics""; ""Student Expectations""; ""Military Service in the Shiluv Program""; ""Untitled""; ""Chapter 6. The Mekhinot: Preservice Preparatory Seminaries""; ""The Nature and Structure of the Mekhinot Program""; ""Curriculum and Faculty""; ""Preparation for Military Service""; ""Demographics""; ""Student Expectations""; ""Military Service after Studying in the Mekhina""; ""Untitled""

""Chapter 7. The Gar'inim Program: Jewish Orthodox Women and the IDF""""Religious Zionist Women, Torah Studies, and Military Service""; ""The Beginning of the Women's Gar'inim Program""; ""The Nature and Structure of the Gar'inim Program""; ""Curriculum and Faculty""; ""Preparation for Military Service""; ""Demographics""; ""Contact between the Midrasha and Students in the Military""; ""Untitled""; ""Chapter 8. Mediation in Practice""; ""Coed Service: Ha-Shiluv Ha-Ra'ui""; ""Disobeying Orders for Ideological Reasons""; ""Disbanding Hesder Units""

""Chapter 9. Problems for Individual Religious Soldiers during Military Service""""Halakhic Problems during Military Service""; ""Erosion in the Observance of Mitzvot""; ""Feelings toward the Military Environment""; ""Strategies in Problem Solving""; ""Chapter 10. Senior and Junior Officers' Views on the Study Programs""; ""Chapter 11. Mediation as Communication: The Programs' Role in Conveying Messages between Students and Superstructures""; ""Messages Communicated by Students through the Study Programs""; ""Messages Communicated to Students through the Study Programs""

""Tensions between the Programs""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-75853-7

OCLC:

1286806841