Women reportedly are being recruited as kosher inspectors for Israel’s military. Israel’s daily Yediot Achronot said the plan by the army rabbinate, intended to free up male conscripts for other duties such as administering Jewish services, had been decided on in secrecy to forestall opposition from fervently Orthodox rabbis.
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