Israel national service

NBN, FIDF hosts Thanksgiving dinner for Lone Soldiers, National Service volunteers

FIDF partnered with The Michael Levin Base to host over 300 soldiers and volunteers at the NBN Aliyah Campus in Jerusalem.

Lizze Noach & Bonnie Rosenbaum, Co-Directors of The Michael Levin Base, Tony Gelbart & Rabbi Yehoshua Fass Co-Founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Richard Corman,  Chairman of the Board of the Michael Levine Base, Noya Govrin, Division Head of the FIDF with Lone B’not Sherut celebrating Thanksgiving.
 HAREDI MEN learn at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim, Sept. 13, 2023.

Wanting to contribute: War sparks flood of ultra-Orthodox youth into national service

 Illustrative image of a man at a shooting range.

NGO to AG, police chief: Probe Ben-Gvir's gun permit policies

 Ultra orthodox Jews protest against the arrest of ultra orthodox Jewish men who failed to comply with their army draft, in Bnei Brak, March 8, 2022.

Israel's Mossad, Shin Bet to employ yeshiva students in civil service plan


A letter to a daughter doing national service abroad in Israel

“I don’t want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, just make sure they’re your mistakes."

A woman waves a large Israeli flag as people watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Lowering IDF draft exemption to 21 could raise value of Torah study - editorial

It should be stated clearly that we are not belittling the value of studying Torah. It is important – particularly so in the one Jewish state.

 Ultra orthodox Jews protest against the arrest of ultra orthodox Jewish men who failed to comply with their army draft, in Bnei Brak, March 8, 2022.

French-born Chabad rabbi ‘stuck’ in Israel by IDF for not enlisting

He was detained when he asked to leave the country at the end of a vacation in August with his wife and daughter. The case was publicized by Kol Barama radio journalist Mendi Rizel.

A young Haredi man outside the IDF enlistment office in Jerusalem

Defense Ministry, IDF to increase draft deferrals by 10% 

The move to increase military draft deferrals comes after a peak in demand to do national service or pre-military preparatory courses.

Soldiers are seen taking part in a joint maritime security drill near the Red Sea.

PMO, Defense Ministry form team to reform universal IDF, civil service

The inter-ministerial committee will "evaluate service arrangements in the IDF and national and civilian service, and formulate a new, broad and updated service plan."

IDF soldiers are seen taking part in military drills in Israel's North to simulate a war with Hezbollah.

Following Gilboa sex abuse, IDF to review compulsory non-military service

The IDF is set to establish a team to examine compulsory service outside of the military. The move comes after reports that female soldiers were sexually exploited at Gilboa prison.

Israel Border Police stop as the siren rings out across Israel to mark Yom Hazikaron, April 28, 2020

Israeli National Service volunteers' salaries to rise by 50%

Beginning in 2022, National Service volunteers will earn a monthly "subsistence cost" of NIS 810 compared to only NIS 540 currently.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman during a vote on the state budget in the Knesset last month.

62% of people feel National Service volunteers are undervalued - poll

Volunteers of National Civil Service – 'Sherut Leumi' in Hebrew – are between the ages of 18 and 21 and typically work 30–40 hours per week for 12 to 24 months.

Aliza Mark (Bat Sherut) and Jake Tokayer at his Tekes Siyum Maslul Shiryon

Michael Levin’s parents visit center for lone soldiers named in his honor

The parents of IDF lone soldier Michael Levin, who was killed in the Second Lebanon war, visited The Base, a center for soldiers without parents in Israel, 15 years after their son’s passing.

THE BASE is now fully up and running, with a mural by famed Mahaneh Yehuda spray-painter Solomon Souza

Thousands sing and cry in march for Ori Ansbacher

The organizers of the march called the event “A City Wrapped in Light,” in reference to her first name, which means light.

The march for Ori Ansbacher.

Amnesty recruiting national service volunteers - activists upset

Amnesty International Israel will “definitely be removed from the list” of organizations eligible to recruit national service (sherut leumi) personnel, one expert said.

Activists of Amnesty International demonstrate to show their support with the Syrian people at the Fontaine des Innocentes in Paris May 29, 2012.