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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Israel Defense Forces"”.
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JEWISH IDENTITY IN THE DIASPORA: A STUDY OF DIASPORIC JEWS IN THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES (IDF)
This study evaluates a group of non-native Israel Defense Forces volunteers who come from the Diaspora. These young men and women vary in age from 18 to 30 and serve in fully integrated units within the Army hierarchy comprised of Israeli conscripts. Unlike many of their diasporic counterparts who …
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Peace Makers or Draft Dodgers: Haredi Resistance to Israeli Military Conscription
<p>The <em>haredim</em> in Israel are an ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious group who uphold the most conservative of Jewish laws. Instead of serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as all other Israelis do, the <em>haredim</em> are exempted from the IDF's policy of universal conscription. This …
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Send in the Reserves! The Development and Significance of the Reserve Dilemma in Military History
… most states continue to depend upon for national defense. In doing so, it argues that the rising complexity, speed, and lethality of warfare over the last century challenged the viability of industrial era reservist personnel and training policies, which many states retain today. Such policies …
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Critical Velocity is Associated with Combat Specific Performance Measures in a Special Forces Unit
… from an elite combat special force unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) volunteered to complete a 3-min all-out run, while wearing a global positioning system (GPS) unit, and a battery of operational CST (2.5-km run, 50-m casualty carry and 30-m repeated sprints with "rush" shooting (RPTDS)). …