Israel’s News Blog Magazine: Daily Stories Video and PhotosMaya Bouskilla Joins The Army
IDF gets a special gift for Passover: Maya Bouskilla, a famous Israeli pop singer, has enlisted to the IDF at the age of thirty. The Israeli army service is mandatory for every young person at the age of 18, which means that Maya has joined about a decade past enlistment usual age, making her one of the oldest candidates to ever join the army.
Bouskilla evaded serving in the Israeli army, claiming to be religious. However, a few years later, Maya appeared in an advertising campaign for swimsuits that was not exactly modest, putting her religious orientation under serious doubt. The Israeli media passed a harsh critique on this move, which was rightly viewed as the adoption of a double standard. This was definitely not Kosher on her part!
Maya tells she has regretted dodging the army. Did Major General Elazar Sern make the Israeli singer change her mind? Stern has protested last month against the popularity of false claims of religion amongst young women, urging them to join the Israeli forces.
Is it simply a coincidence that Maya joins the army just as she releases her new album? Enlist to the army for public relations? It sounds too radical to me …
I say –if you’re gonna shoot, shoot, don’t sing!
Image: IDF Photo
Rashi said,
April 27, 2008 @ 9:26 am
No matter what her intentions were, it took a lot of guts for a 30 year old woman, who is a professional singer and actress to give up time in her life to live up to her obligations as an Israeli citizen.
We all do stupid things and when she was 18, she did just that. Now, she is willingly paying the price.
Kol HaKavod to Maya.