Support First Things by turning your adblocker off or by making a  donation. Thanks!

National Service as Duty and Perk

I know a man who spends four or five weeks of every year in the army. He is a young man, but not all that young—fortysomething—and has a wife and four small children. He lives in Jerusalem. His annual five-week tour of service in the Israel Defense Force is called in Hebrew by a term . . . . Continue Reading »

Filter Tag Articles