13 more Hesder yeshivot refuse Armored Corps service over women's integration

Thirteen additional Hesder yeshivot have announced they will not send students to serve in the Armored Corps following the integration of women in the corps, bringing the total number of refusing yeshivot to 25. The yeshiva heads who signed the refusal letter include Rabbi Michael Aharonov (Ma'ale Ephraim), Rabbi David Amitai (Avinoam), Rabbi Shlomo Binyamin (Levalada'at), Rabbi Eran Tamir (Orot Ashkelon), Rabbi Elisha Yinon (Afula), Rabbi Eyal Yakubovitz (Tzfat), Rabbi Eliyahu Mali (Jaffa), Rabbi Aviyahu Fishfeder (Ashkelon), Rabbi Shlomo Shushan (Beit She'an), Rabbi Yehoshua Schmidt (Nachalat Yosef), Rabbi David Turgeman (Dimona), and two additional heads who requested anonymity.