Secular activists demonstrated outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem against a yeshiva student draft plan. The Movement for Quality Government told Israel Radio that thousands of citizens had signed petitions against a government panel that recommended yeshiva students be allowed to defer army service until the age of 23, when they could take a year off to decide whether to declare Torah their work or be drafted.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
