Religious Insensitivity Compels Soldiers to Leave Ceremony
Full Text;
Soldiers attending Thursday’s ceremony launching the IDF’s new combat infantry Brigade, Kfir, left during the assembly due to the immodest dress of a female performer.
A number of members of the Netzach Yehuda Battalion, more commonly known as Nahal Hareidi, left the event when a female vocalist got on stage to perform, due to religious prohibitions on listening to a woman sing.
They explained they were upset as well as surprised, citing the lack of religious sensitivities of the event organizers since a sizable number of participants in the event are Sabbath-observant soldiers. The singer’s immodest dress was also found offensive to the religious soldiers.
Responding to the report, IDF officials stated the band was not a military one, but rather a civilian group hired from time-to-time to perform at military events.
Commentary;
Give us a break! IDF officials: “Band was not a military one, but rather a civilian group hired to perform at military events.”
Military planners need clearance from command in planning any event or operation. It is incomprehensible that planning could overlook these particular details, especially after the expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif was planned down to the most minute detail. This is an obvious case of blatant discrimination against and abuse of religious Jews in the IDF! MB