July 12, 2017
12:11 pm

Lt. Col. Elad Cohen, the former commander of the mixed-gender Caracal Battaltion, who was dismissed from his position amid allegations of an illicit relationship with a subordinate. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF dismisses head of co-ed IDF unit for suspected relationship with subordinate

Lt. Col. Elad Cohen had already been suspended from his post for 30 days as military police investigate alleged illicit relations

By Judah Ari Gross

July 11, 2017
12:01 pm

Soldiers of the Caracal Battalion prepare for a hike as part of their training on September 3, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Commander of co-ed IDF unit suspended for suspected relationship with subordinate

Lt. Col. Elad Cohen removed from his post for 30 days as military police investigate alleged illicit relations

By Stuart Winer

May 3, 2017
4:27 pm

Rabbi Yigal Levinstein teaching a lesson in 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Pre-army yeshiva head who denigrated women goes on leave

Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, filmed saying military service drives female soldiers ‘crazy,’ asks students not to contact him

By Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2017
1:53 pm

Illustrative: Male and female combat soldiers of the Caracal Battalion train to fight an Islamic State assault on southern Israel in late March 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF drills for possible Islamic State attacks across southern border on foot, in cars

In week-long exercise, infantry, tanks, helicopters train to thwart assault on Negev communties by Sinai-based terrorists

By Judah Ari Gross

March 17, 2017
1:20 am

Rabbi Eli Sadan speaks during a protest in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel Prize-winning rabbi rejects call to fire provocative colleague

Eli Sadan refuses to ‘cooperate with dictatorship‘ in having Yigal Levinstein fired for comments against women soldiers

By Times of Israel staff

March 16, 2017
10:41 am

Men and women soldiers of the Caracal Battalion, November 2007. (Yoni Markovitzki/IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Liberal Orthodox rabbis ban service in mixed combat units

Beit Hillel organization also signs plea for army chiefs to show sensitivity, not segregate religious soldiers into ‘ghettos’

By Times of Israel staff

March 8, 2017
8:50 pm

Zionist Union party chair Isaac Herzog (C) leads a party meeting at the Knesset, November 30, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Fresh scorn heaped on rabbi who derided female soldiers

Religious umbrella group says Yigal Levinstein’s comments ‘not our way’; opposition calls to defund his pre-military academy

By Times of Israel staff

March 8, 2017
12:04 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on March 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu hails female troops after uproar over rabbi’s derisive comments

In response to Yigal Levinstein’s statement that girls serving in IDF is ‘crazy,’ prime minister says ‘we are proud’ of women soldiers

By Alexander Fulbright and Raphael Ahren

March 8, 2017
8:52 am

Rabbi comes under fire after deriding ‘crazy’ female troops

Defense minister says he will reconsider position of Yigal Levinstein as head of pre-army academy; female general calls comments ‘infuriating’

By Times of Israel staff

February 16, 2017
10:24 pm

Co-ed battalions to get new home in Border Defense Force

Mixed-gender units, trackers, surveillance monitors and combat intel come together to defend Jordanian, Egyptian borders

By Judah Ari Gross

November 20, 2016
6:21 am

File: The Caracal Battalion, which is made up of male and female combat soldiers fighting side by side, during a training session in November 2007. (Yoni Markovitzki/IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Women increasingly join the fight in Israel’s army

In five short years, women’s participation in combat roles will jump from 3% of female enlistees to 9.5%, but barriers remain

By Michael Blum

October 30, 2016
3:36 pm

Soldiers of the Caracal Battalion rest before a hike as part of their training on September 3, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

On Egypt border, mixed-gender unit fights old ideas and new foes

With nightly drug smugglings and threat of IS, the women and men of the Caracal Battalion are on alert for anything coming from Sinai

By Judah Ari Gross

March 13, 2016
6:36 am

A soldier from the Lions of the Jordan Battalion participates in an exercise on June 8, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flickr)

New combat positions for women in the IDF, same old obstacles

As the army makes strides in increasing gender equality, both physiological and cultural barriers keep female officers from the General Staff

By Judah Ari Gross

July 6, 2015
3:54 pm

IDF shaves four months off men’s mandatory service

Army about-face includes less training time, change in physical requirements for combat troops, more women in combat

By Times of Israel staff

May 19, 2015
4:26 pm

A female IDF tank instructor during an exercise on January 1, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Army makes U-turn on letting women serve in tanks

IDF says it is rolling back a plan to integrate female soldiers into armored corps, citing physical challenges and close quarters of vehicles

By Mitch Ginsburg

Topic: Caracal Battalion

IDF dismisses head of co-ed IDF unit for suspected relationship with subordinate

Lt. Col. Elad Cohen had already been suspended from his post for 30 days as military police investigate alleged illicit relations

Commander of co-ed IDF unit suspended for suspected relationship with subordinate

Lt. Col. Elad Cohen removed from his post for 30 days as military police investigate alleged illicit relations

Pre-army yeshiva head who denigrated women goes on leave

Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, filmed saying military service drives female soldiers ‘crazy,’ asks students not to contact him

IDF drills for possible Islamic State attacks across southern border on foot, in cars

In week-long exercise, infantry, tanks, helicopters train to thwart assault on Negev communties by Sinai-based terrorists

Israel Prize-winning rabbi rejects call to fire provocative colleague

Eli Sadan refuses to ‘cooperate with dictatorship‘ in having Yigal Levinstein fired for comments against women soldiers

Liberal Orthodox rabbis ban service in mixed combat units

Beit Hillel organization also signs plea for army chiefs to show sensitivity, not segregate religious soldiers into ‘ghettos’

Fresh scorn heaped on rabbi who derided female soldiers

Religious umbrella group says Yigal Levinstein’s comments ‘not our way’; opposition calls to defund his pre-military academy

Netanyahu hails female troops after uproar over rabbi’s derisive comments

In response to Yigal Levinstein’s statement that girls serving in IDF is ‘crazy,’ prime minister says ‘we are proud’ of women soldiers

Rabbi comes under fire after deriding ‘crazy’ female troops

Defense minister says he will reconsider position of Yigal Levinstein as head of pre-army academy; female general calls comments ‘infuriating’

Co-ed battalions to get new home in Border Defense Force

Mixed-gender units, trackers, surveillance monitors and combat intel come together to defend Jordanian, Egyptian borders

Women increasingly join the fight in Israel’s army

In five short years, women’s participation in combat roles will jump from 3% of female enlistees to 9.5%, but barriers remain

On Egypt border, mixed-gender unit fights old ideas and new foes

With nightly drug smugglings and threat of IS, the women and men of the Caracal Battalion are on alert for anything coming from Sinai

New combat positions for women in the IDF, same old obstacles

As the army makes strides in increasing gender equality, both physiological and cultural barriers keep female officers from the General Staff

IDF shaves four months off men’s mandatory service

Army about-face includes less training time, change in physical requirements for combat troops, more women in combat

Army makes U-turn on letting women serve in tanks

IDF says it is rolling back a plan to integrate female soldiers into armored corps, citing physical challenges and close quarters of vehicles

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