Only 66% Of Haredim Think Yeshiva Students Should Be Exempt From Military Service
A new poll seems to show that if haredi rabbis and Israel's rather craven prime minister would get out of their way, a significant minority of haredim would willingly serve in the IDF.
A new Ynet-Gesher poll found that 55% of Israelis want to keep Israel's version of blue laws which govern certain public behavior on Shabbat and Jewish holidays and forbids the sale of leavened foods during Passover.
However, 70% want to have some form of public bus service on Shabbat, perhaps indicating that the closer these blue laws get to people's daily lives, the less they support them.
But the strangest finding in the poll is the only 66% of haredim think haredi yeshiva students should be exempt from military service even though nearly 100% of their rabbinic leaders forbid haredim from serving in the IDF.
This dichotomy, I think, may be the result of the latest Gaza war and the hundreds of missiles that rained down on Israel. In a time of war, the value of serving in the IDF becomes much clearer to all Israelis, including many haredim.
You can see more results in the Ynet report.
Only 66% Of Haredim Think Yeshiva Students Should Be Exempt From Military Service
Last time I looked, 66% is considered a majority.
Posted by: Jack | November 26, 2012 at 03:49 AM
Re " sale of leavened foods during Passover." The ban is on public display
Posted by: Anonymous | November 26, 2012 at 05:11 AM
It's my impression that the hareidim surveyed were too ignorant and uneducated to understand the survey's question.
Posted by: R. Wisler | November 26, 2012 at 07:27 AM
Last time I looked, 66% is considered a majority.
Posted by: Jack |
and your point is what, troll?
Posted by: ah-pee-chorus | November 26, 2012 at 10:50 AM
APC, he didn't mean to be ironic. He wanted to show that despite having a second grade-equivalent math education from a Yeshiva, he's adept at handling numbers up to 100. We should be patient and encouraging (even if he missed the whole point)
Posted by: Eli, what me messiah? | November 26, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Last time I looked, 66% is considered a majority.
Posted by: Jack |
and your point is what, troll?
Posted by: ah-pee-chorus | November 26, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Let us substitute the replacement of 66% with the majority observation and one gets a new headline which reads:
A Majority Of Haredim Think Yeshiva Students Should Be Exempt From Military Service
Posted by: Jack | November 26, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Sure they think the world was created to serve them ,its no surprise to me that they feel that way.
Posted by: jancsibacsi | November 26, 2012 at 04:44 PM
Many Haredim will serve in Army
If its 1/3 now it will be 40% in five years, enough to resolve the issue.
Posted by: Aaron | February 19, 2013 at 03:20 PM