|
|
Mahal IDF Volunteers
Guide & Assistant
 Mahal-IDF-Volunteers.org
is the leading guide for all would-be overseas enlistees (non-Israelis
and Israelis) prior to joining the IDF
(Israel Defense Forces). It
is not an official website of the State of Israel
but a voluntary initiative aiming
to assist you - from retrieving reliable information to pre-checking
your qualification and being your one-stop-assistant until your enlistment.
All services are free and donations are not accepted.
This website got the "Jewish
Agency Top Site 2005" award.
The usage statistics for the year before June 23, 2010 show
198,556 visits and 4,266,940 hits (calculated
on basis of the real figures since Jan 1, 2010), Google
ranks on June 23, 2010:
IDF Mahal and the other IDF programs listed on this website are the administrative
gates for the simplified enlistment of non-Israelis and overseas Israelis.
Their actual IDF service is shoulder to shoulder with regular Israeli
soldiers, even if the minimum service time is usually shorter than the
regular IDF paths. Otherwise there are no major differences.
The programs aim to contribute to Israel's defense and to provide experienced
and enthusiastic young leaders for Jewish communities. The following programs
enable young Jews from all over the world to volunteer for the IDF.
IDF programs for non-Israelis:
- The Mahal program is for men
younger than 24 and women younger than 21. Eligible are non-Israeli
Jews,
descendants of a Jewish grandparent and the spouses of the aforementioned.
The program consists of 14 - 18 months of IDF service (depending on
command of Hebrew).
- The Mahal
Nahal Haredi program is for non-Israeli religious (haredi) Jewish
men younger than 24. The program consists
of 14 - 18 months of service (depending on command of Hebrew) in a separate
IDF Nahal Haredi Infantry combat unit.
- The Mahal
Hesder program is for non-Israeli religious (dati) Jewish men
younger than 24. The program consists of 6 1/2 months of studies
in a Yeshivat Hesder (IDF Rabbinical College) followed by at least 14
months of IDF service, in total 20 1/2 months.
- Long
Mahal program for non-Israelis with a close link to Israel, service
time as Israelis - depending
on personal factors
IDF programs for overseas Israelis and their children:
- Short and regular paths for Israeli citizens residing overseas, children
of overseas Israelis etc. | Details - click
here and here
Thousands ofyoung people from more than 40 countries have already joined
the IDF through its exciting programs for overseas volunteers.
What's New?
- Next enlistment starting with Free IDF Hebrew studies (ulpan): Aug
29, 2010 | More enlistment dates - here
| The IDF and Hebrew Skills - here,
Jul 14, 2010
- Important: updated information
here
regarding The IDF and Hebrew Skills | Free IDF Ulpan - IDF Hebrew
test - IDF Procedures - Civilian pre-army programs - June 19, 2010
- Why do
so many Diaspora Jews want to join the IDF?, Haaretz - Apr 8, 2010
- Chag Sameach for the IDF, MoD and Security Services, Mahalniks on
active duty, Mahal veterans, would-be volunteers, Am Israel and, last
but not least, for Israel's allies and the friends of the Jewish people
worldwide! - March 23, 2010
- This is a message for all volunteers - present and future - who submitted
a registration but failed to get our reply within 7 days: Most likely,
your registration arrived without email address or an incorrect one
or went astray. Please reregister here
and you should get our reply within 3 workdays.
- Mahal-IDF-Volunteers.org website statistics: 158,010 visits and 3,010,860
hits in the last 12 months | Google ranks here
- Oct 22, 2009
- Happy New Year 5770! Mahal-IDF-Volunteers.org wishes Shana Tova uMetuka,
Shnat Shalom u Bitachon - for the IDF, MoD and Security Services, Mahalniks
on active duty, Mahal veterans, Am Israel and, last but not least, for
Israel's allies and the friends of the Jewish people worldwide! - Sep
17, 2009
- Serving
in the Kfir Brigade, far from home (Jerusalem Post article, Sep
22, 2008)
- To all volunteers who registered before 2008: please reregister here.
- Aug 21, 2008
- Ministry of Defense/IDF rule lifting the maximum age for physicians
to 35 incl. - July 17, 2008
- Ministry of Defense/IDF rule allowing the enlistment of those non-Israelis
through the IDF Mahal programs (i.e. without acquiring Israeli citizenship)
who do not qualify for regular Mahal due to their close link
to Israel - details
here. - July 17, 2008
- The Ministry of Defense/IDF rules applicable to overseas Israelis
and their children are finally out - details
here.
We mailed today the details to all registrees. If you registered and
did not receive our email of today, please inform us by mail so we can
send you that information. If you are an overseas Israeli or the child
of an overseas Israeli and did not register yet, please register here.
- July, 13, 2008
- Ministry of Defense/IDF rule raises the maximum age for volunteers
to: 24th birthday (man) | 21st (woman) at the time of the IDF
enlistment date.
Mahal-IDF-Volunteers.org continues lobbying for improved IDF rules aiming
to increase the numbers of eligible overseas volunteers. The rules improved
considerably and continue moving in the right direction. We will publish
all changes here, as soon as there will be changes. Please check from
time to time Mahal-IDF-Volunteers.org's homepage for updates - Apr 27,
2008
- Following the improved infrastructure of the Ministry of Defense,
we redesigned the website and expanded our services aiming to assist
all would-be overseas volunteers.
Mahal2000.com cooperated in the last years closely with the Mahal2000
association. Since 2008, however, the Mahal-IDF-Volunteers.org website
(alias Mahal2000.com) operates independently from any association and
is thus available for all organizations and individuals which assist
IDF overseas enlistees, and all those overseas residents who might want
to consider service in any of the the IDF overseas programs.
All Mahal-IDF-Volunteers.org personnel are volunteers and all services
are free of charge. Donations are not accepted. - Feb 10/Mar 11/Sep
16, 2008
- IDF
health certificate - Nov 28, 2007
- Path
for overseas residents with Israeli citizenship who
were not residents of Israel after their 10th birthday.
- The eligibility for the IDF Mahal program includes now non-Israeli
Jews,
descendants of a Jewish grandparent and the spouses of the aforementioned.
- Oct 30, 2007
- The
IDF is beginning to reach out to motivated new olim and Diaspora Jews
- JP, Aug 16, 2007
- The
IDF is planning to open one of its most secret and prestigious hi-tech
courses -Talpiot- to overseas Jews - JP, Aug 6, 2007
- IDF
revamping 'Shlav Bet' to offer new olim better options (does not
apply to non-Israelis) - JP, Aug 3, 2007
- IDF
appeals to Israeli expatriates to come to Israel to perform reserve
duty in the West Bank - JP, Jul 24, 2007
- Free
army ulpan | What happens if my command of Hebrew is not reasonable,
at the time of the enlistment? - Jul 3, 2007
1948 vets meet present-day volunteers
May 12, 2005. Veteran foreign volunteers who fought in the War of Independence
held a stirring meeting Wednesday with present-day volunteers in the IDF.
Lone Soldiers
August 22, 2004. It's dangerous, difficult and sometimes brutal. So why
would North American kids want to serve in the IDF? In this article, some
of them explain why they're here.
Induction
RAMAT GAN. Mahal volunteers experienced their first day in the IDF at
the BAKUM induction base today, where they received their IDF uniforms
and equipment.
|
|
