Judith - it sounds like the women _volunteer_ for national service - is that right? If so - how do you feel about that? Do you feel they should be forced into it if the men are?
-rc > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:43 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Manditory Military Service > > > In Israel, all boys of a certain age (17 or 18) have to go to > the army, or do some kind of national service. Married men > work in the reserves. Many of the religious girls opt for > national service (i.e., working in a hospital). There are > exemptions for those doing serious Torah study, but there are > religious units in the army as well. > > I agree with Timothy and Matthew -- I think it would be a > great idea for this country to have, if not mandatory army > service, some sort of mandatory national service requirement > for a year or two. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
