The Quest for a Corpus of Jewish Military Ethics in Modern Israel

Cohen, Stuart A.

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“…Rabbis frequently issue responsa based on these inquiries for all students to follow. Indeed, Cohen (2007: 43) has observed that, thanks to information technology, this practice has become widespread through the use of SMS messaging and online forums. During ‘Operation Protective Edge’, 12 for example, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner of Ateret Cohanim Academy posted several rounds of SMS questions and answers on his website, with topics ranging from dietary matters and fasting, to prayer, to the ethics of killing civilians (e.g.…”

Section: Cultivating the Selfmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, it is striking that the main discursive innovations required to facilitate the entry of religious soldiers into the IDF have been ethical. The rabbis of religious mechinot have been noticeably involved in this effort, including Rabbi Rafi Peretz (formerly of the mechina in Atzmona, and current IDF Chief Rabbi), Rabbi Shlomo Aviner (principal of the Ateret Cohanim Academy) and Rabbi Eyal Krim (also from Ateret Cohanim) (Cohen, 2007: 43, n. 20). Very often, lessons at academies concern how to maintain religious observance on duty, including the observance of dietary laws, keeping the Sabbath, interacting with women and so on (Rosman-Stollman, 2014: 113).…”

Section: Teaching Military Ethicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘Meaningful service’: Pedagogy at Israeli pre-military academies and the ethics of militarism

Eastwood

2016

European Journal of International Relations

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How can ethics be a militarist practice? This article offers an answer to this question using a study of teaching at Israeli pre-military academies for high-school graduates. It argues that when ethics operates as a practice of subject formation, it is quite possible for it to reinforce the militarist process whereby citizens are turned into soldiers. Based on interviews with teaching staff and participant observation at these academies, this article offers an in-depth analysis of their pedagogy that highlights their increasingly prominent contribution to Israeli militarism. Israeli pre-military academies combine ethics with a programme of military preparation such that military service is presented as an opportunity for individual flourishing and participation in war is imbued with an ideology of ethical soldiering. Given the significance of Israel/Palestine as a theatre of violent conflict, this article argues that this case has wider significance for our understanding of the nature of militarism and of the relationship between ethics and war. It suggests that ethics has become increasingly bound up with militarism, and that there are therefore clear limits to its capacity to constrain the violence of war.

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Section: Cultivating the Selfmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Teaching Military Ethicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Meaningful service’: Pedagogy at Israeli pre-military academies and the ethics of militarism

Eastwood

2016

European Journal of International Relations

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Religion in the Military Worldwide

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National Movements and International Law: Rabbi Shlomo Goren's Understanding of International Law

Fuchs

Hollander

2014

J Law Relig

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Rabbi Shlomo Goren was one of the leading rabbinic figures in religious Zionist circles. As the first chief Rabbi of the Israeli military, he had a unique opportunity to influence the development of the Israeli army and its policies. He needed to deal with questions that had no precedents in Jewish law. One of his challenges was the part international law played in the formation of a modern army. Rabbi Goren wished to give a halachic perspective to questions of international law, and to do that, he had to translate the language of international law, a field developed in the modern period, to halachic language. This process led him to evaluate moral positions that are part of international law and the ability of halacha to be part of the modern world.

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The Quest for a Corpus of Jewish Military Ethics in Modern Israel

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‘Meaningful service’: Pedagogy at Israeli pre-military academies and the ethics of militarism

‘Meaningful service’: Pedagogy at Israeli pre-military academies and the ethics of militarism

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National Movements and International Law: Rabbi Shlomo Goren's Understanding of International Law

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