Maryles Sztokman of Slate reports that the future role of female soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces may be curtailed as more ultra-Orthodox men join Israel’s armed forces. This concern is part of the larger national debate over the Tal Law, a military exemption for ultra-Orthodox men in Israel, which expired in August. “The expiration of the Tal Law is timed disastrously for Israeli women, who are trying their hardest to get ahead in a man’s world as that man’s world becomes more and more a religious man’s world,” writes Sztokman.