Even though most yeshiva students in the Chareidi ("ultra-Orthodox") sector opt for army deferments, Chareidi Zionists admire the students of the Hesder yeshivas, who divide their service in the IDF with their Torah learning. One of my high-school chavrutot (study partners) went to a Hesder yeshiva and became an officer in the IDF. He wrote his classmates in yeshiva in the USA that he and the young men under his command were involved in some of the most dangerous pursuits of terrorists. He also wrote that, when possible, he taught Talmud to the soldiers in his command. The Chareidim focus...