Hashmonaim Brigade

Haredi Men Don't "Feel Like" Serving in the IDF

Israel faces growing anger over tens of thousands of young Haredi men who neither serve in the IDF nor study full-time in yeshivas , the so-called “dropouts.” Despite post–October 7 calls for national unity, many reject enlistment outright, citing fears of losing their religious identity, while soldiers’ families see a stark and painful inequity.