Today at Haaretz, an Op-Ed on the Tal Law. And in case you don’t know, the Tal Law is:
a special exemption to the required military service in the Israel Defense Forces. It is provided only for Israelis meeting very specific criteria; Haredi men and women born in the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) that have lived there up until their 18th birthday. To qualify women must be married no later than a certain age, and men must continue to study in a yeshiva until the age of 21.
I find this an interesting subject, not because I want to talk about whether or not enforced military service is good, or because I want to know what you think of the IDF in general… but because my gut reaction to the Tal Law is negative, although my support of American Conscientious Objectors is strong. Which makes me wonder what the difference is…
Am I just put off by the black hats? Why does this bug me?
In thinking it over, I’ve arrived at (of course) a few questions instead of answers. But mainly, I’m curious about WHY these particular people are exempt. That seems to be at the crux of the issue for me.
And this article explains the logic by saying that they:
…hoped the opportunity would encourage members of the ultra-Orthodox community to joint the workforce. At the time, former justice Zvi Tal admitted that the arrangement is unjust, but said the plan would be implemented for five years as a social experiment.
Hmmm. Is that it? Really? I was thinking it had something to do with the value of the work these guys were doing in Yeshiva… or their staunch religious opposition to the military… or maybe just the courtship of an orthodox voting block.
But UNJUST? This seems super lame to me. If this is the case, and they’ve admitted as much, how can they stand behind it?
See, when you’re (for example) a Quaker in the US, and so you get out of service, it’s because the very basis of your faith is in opposition to the military (in theory). Which I can understand. But the TAL Law doesn’t extend to an entire theological branch of Judaism. It’s based on enrollment in a Yeshiva. Which doesn’t make sense to me.
More than that, I can’t help thinking that it’s funny… I mean, if it’s wrong for these very holy Jews to fight, shouldn’t we all be aspiring to the same kind of religiosity (in their eyes)? Do they think everyone should quit fighting?
Help me out, folks? Educate me!
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