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Posted by Bradley Fischer on April 18, 2016 at 6:11pm

(I could not upload my presentation onto Ning.) I hope this suffices! Attached is a spoken summary of my presentation .Cultural%20Presentation%20Summary.m4a

First Slide: 

IDF 

Ha Tzva Haganah Le’Yisrael and Israeli Society

Second Slide

Roadmap

  • What is the place of the IDF within Israeli society?
    • Brief history
    • Who serves
    • Social functions of the IDF
    • Sum up — IDF’s influence on society

Third Slide

Modern Day

The Equality Amendment: In part, states that “the right of women to serve in any role in the IDF is equal to the right of men.”

(Pictures of modern-day units)

Fourth Slide

Old-Timers

(Pictures of older units)

Palmach

Haganah

Irgun Hvai Leumi, IZL

Fifth Slde

Key vocabulary

Lone soldier: Chayal boded

  • Program to make aliyah and join the IDF: Garin Tzabar
  • Draft: Machzor
  • Special forces: Sayeret
  • Combat: Kravi
  • Medic: Chovesh
  • Basic training: Tironut
  • Military ID: Choger
  • Hand-to-hand combat: Krav Maga
  • How much more?: Kama ode?
  • Until when?: Ad matai

Sixth Slide

A Brief History of the IDF’s Formation

  • 1870s — settlements of Eretz Israel began. Needed a form of protection from local bandits
  • 1909 — HaShomer (The Watchmen) came to form a national self-defense entity
  • During WW1, Jews from around the world as well as those within Palestine (under the control of the Ottoman Empire) partnered with Great Britain and the Allies to form Jewish battalions, or Jewish Legions.
  • After the Great War, a call for greater unity among the settlers led to a disbandment of the HaShomer. The Haganah (Defense) was enlisted under the command of a socialist leadership
  • 1931 — split in the Haganah. Under the leadership of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the Irgun (National Military Organization) was born with a right-leaning vision.
  • Palmach (Commando) — Haganah’s Elite strike companies: Philosophy — "...learn to fight with whatever is available rather than with what is theoretically desirable…”
  • These units came to represent the ideology and formation which would eventually form the IDF.
  • On November 29, 1947 Israel's War of Independence unofficially began with the United Nations resolution to partition Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state
  • The British left the Mandate on May 14, 1948 and Independence was declared 
  • Established on May 31, 1948 — The IDF incorporated pre-state Jewish paramilitary organizations

Seventh Slide

Who Serves?

  • All Jews are conscripted into the IDF at age 18, women for two years and men for three
  • The religious: women may be exempted and choose to serve for 1-2 years of national service in the civilian sector. The ultra­-Orthodox men are granted deferments while pursuing Torah studies
  • Other racial, national, cultural and religious groups: Bedouin, Circassians, Druze, Arab Christians and Arab Muslims.
  • For example, 133,000 Druze live in Israel, and have the highest draft rate with 88% of males joining the IDF.
  • Illegal to discriminate against gay individuals

Terms and Conditions

  • “New immigrants may be deferred or serve for shorter periods of time, depending on their age and personal status on entering the country.
  • “Reserve Duty: Upon completion of compulsory service each soldier is assigned to a reserve unit. Men up age 51 serve 39 days in a year which can be extended in times emergency.” Single women are on reserve duty until the age of 24.

Eigth Slide

Social Functions of the IDF

  • Faced with an insurmountable circumstance, Israel must unite its citizens in order to sustain survival
  • The IDF serves as one vehicle by which to unify the nation by providing Israelis an equal chance to server their country — no matter your ethnicity gender.
  • The IDF is a good gateway for Machal and Chayal Boded to integrate within the society. The IDF features soldiers from over 70 countries — a quarter of them come from the United States.
  • “2015, there were approximately 3,484 soldiers in the IDF from different countries who had made Aaliyah.”
  • The integration of new immigrant soldiers is facilitated through special Hebrew language instruction and other programs.
  • Nefesh B’Nefesh: an Israeli organization that works with recent Israeli immigrants. One function is to help them enter the IDF
  • Education: “Recruits with incomplete educational backgrounds are given opportunities to upgrade their level of education, and career officers are encouraged to study at the IDF's expense during their service.”
  • Active in nation-building enterprises: “the IDF provides remedial and supplementary education to civilian populations and contributes to the absorption of newcomers among the population at large.”

Ninth Slide

IDF’s Influence on Society

A “people's army"

“Some jobs are open only to veterans and certain welfare benefits are available only to veterans and their families.”

“A school for national identity and unity.”

“Soldiers go home regularly - most visit their families and friends at least once a week in addition to longer furlough every three months.”

“Only the highest officers are referred to as "commander" and everyone else is literally on a first name basis, as in other sectors of Israeli society.”

“Army dress is functional and simple: there are few insignia, battle decorations or medals.”

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