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For God and Country?: Religious Student-Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces

For God and Country?: Religious Student-Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces

Rosman-Stollman, Elisheva

Paperback

Series: Binah Yitzrit Foundation Israel Studies

JudaismGeneral Military HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0292758529
ISBN13: 9780292758520
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: May 15 2015
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In many modern armies the religious soldier is suspect. Civilians and officers alike wonder if such a soldier might represent a potential fifth column. This concern is especially prominent in the public discourse over the presence of religious Orthodox Jews serving in the Israel Defense Forces. Will they obey their commanding officer or their rabbi? With research collected over almost a decade, including hundreds of hours of interviews, Elisheva Rosman examines this question of loyalties and reveals how religious soldiers negotiate a place for themselves in an institution whose goals and norms sometimes conflict with those of Orthodox Judaism.

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