Are you a Jewish Man aged 17-20?
Do you want to make Aliyah and Join the IDF?
Then this is the place for you!
While the event is no longer live, you can still watch the recording and chat in your questions. We will do our best to answer them.
Israeli Army – IDF Preparation & Aliyah Program for English Speakers
Keshet Yehuda Religious Zionist Israeli Army Preparation Academy
Hello, and greetings from Finland! I'm a new convert to Judaism. I'm currently studying to become a practical nurse. After I graduate, I would like to make aliyah and join IDF. So I would like to know can I become a combat medic? Or do I need more medical education?
Thank you!
@TommiKortelainen Shalom Tommi, we work exclusively with Jewish men 17-20, I would suggest contacting http://jafi.org/JewishAgency/English/Home/ they should be able to help you. Good luck and welcome to the family!
HI,
I'm in an American yeshiva high-school and I will be graduating next year. I am highly motivated to make aliyah and join the army, and when I see your program it seems like a dream come true! A way to learn the language and culture as well as prepare for the army.
But here's my question: I am from a Yeshiva that is considered "Charedi" by American standards. Of course this is not the Israreli charedi, we get a secular education (and a diploma) as well as our Religious education. What would the culture be like? Would this program not be for me because of my background?
Thanks,
Aaron
@Victory4867Plus Congratulations on your decision to make aliyah! First of all, as far as our program is concerned it's not about your background that matters as much as what your future plans are. We take young men from all types of backgrounds. The common denominator is IDF service with a willingness to grow in Torah. The question for you would be are you an "all day" learner? ThenHesder would be better for you. If your focus is to get into a special unit or a particular unit that you may be the only religious guy or you prefer a combination of learning and physical activies then Mechina would be better. I suggest you watch the webianr all the way through you willl best understand the enviroment and culture more than I could write it to you. I also suggest setting a time to talk to me. Feel free to contact me. avraham@idfprep.org
Great thank you so much. Im sure my son will have some Questions but he wont be home till 2 pm est today hes at school .Thank you for replying. We will watch the vid together when he gets home!
@ChannaJenniferAnnSwenson Great! We are here when you need us!
We Miss this the link in the email did not send us here...We sent email for help..very sad we miss this great program
@ChannaJenniferAnnSwenson Everything was recorded. Just click play and watch. If you have any questions please ask here and we will do our best to answer them.
Thank you for attending!Just want add that the commttment that the boys are making tests the idealism of the parent, how committed they are to the ideals that they have raised their son with, speaking of myself
Ruth Fingerhut Tamkin
@ruthfingerhut Shalom Ruth!
Big gun....that's an MTAR correct?
no its actually the micro tavor or the x95 it is the improved version of the tavor (tar-21)
Oi, nvm, not relative
what if you have no motivcation to learn is this a place that will instill that in you or do you have to come in wanting to learn
@rebyosef That is a great question! Hold a moment and I will pass it on the Rav Michael
I have a question, Do you need to be very observant to Judaism to be successful in the IDF?
@EthanWeiss Shalom Ethan! I wanted to expand on my answer. There does seem to be some advantage:
The percentage of men in a Mechina army preparatory program who become officers is much higher than in the non Mechina population. According to research published in the military journal Ma’arachot, 80 percent of religious preparatory program graduates join combat units, compared to 40 percent of all soldiers. Furthermore, 20 - 25 percent become officers, compared to 7 - 9 percent of all soldiers. In three graduating officer course in June of 2012 statistics showed that 54 out of 216 officer training school graduates had attended a Mechina program prior to enlistment. This is a very high number when compared to the relative number of Mechina graduates in the army.
@EthanWeiss No you don't, but you need to have good a good foundation of good morals and character. That goes for anything.
what is expected in terms of learning ?
@rebyosef Was you question answered well enough?
And sorry about the profile picture. I guess the livefyre automatically connected to my gravatar account
@Fallen2541 No worries! Nice pic!
Is there an olpan or a hebrew learning program that American's go into?
@Fallen2541 Yes we do have ulpan
If you have any questions chat them in here.
This is it.
I am registered, but did not get login information...
@rebyosef Are you able to see the broadcast?
@idfprep @rebyosef yes, but not my webcam... which is no big deal...
@rebyosef @idfprep Cool! Don't be shy if you have questions!
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