JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Mrs. Rachel Pisam, a chareidi mother of 11 from Bnei Brak, has been chosen to head the national human resources department of the Fire and Rescue services. Pisam (55) is the highest ranking chareidi person in the service, with her rank equal to that of a general in the army.
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Pisam’s role will be to build an operational corps and deploy it in response to the various types of threats requiring fire and rescue intervention. She will also be responsible for transforming the fire and rescue service into an emergency responder which can be a major contributor to national stability.
Pisam served in the air force and reached the rank of captain. She holds a first degree in social studies and a second degree in public policy from Hebrew University. In her last role she served as vice president of human resources in the ministry for public security.
Fire Commissioner Eyal Caspi congratulated Pisam on her appointment and said that “this is a significant step in the integration of women in the senior echelons of the fire service.”
Caspi wished her success in her role and said he was convinces she could lead to renewed development and investment in human resources in the fire department.
Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev also welcomed Pisam’s appointment, stating that “Rachel is a professional of the highest order and any organization would be blessed by her considerable talents and abilities. Rachel is a trailblazer and will be the first woman ranking as a general in the fire service. Besides this, Rachel is a chareidi woman from Bnei Brak, a mother of 11 and grandmother of 18 who has risen through the ranks of public service to the senior levels, completing two degrees and serving as a senior vice president for human resources in the public security ministry.
“Rachel performed this role with excellence. When she worked in the ministry, I became aware of her impressive abilities, her unusual qualities and dedication. I was upset when she decided to leave the ministry and compete for the role in the fire rescue department but I am happy that we will continue to benefit from her talents. In my eyes, Rachel represents all that is wonderful about our country, the gains we get from integrating all sectors into public service and the importance the ministry attaches to this.”
Mazal tov! Kol Ha-Kavod!
Yay. Yippee. It’s all about gender. Hurray.
this is great. we are happy that she was promoted to head the human resources department.
At first read, it looked like she was going to head Israel’s Fire & Rescue Service.
Every gadol since the founding of the idol State expressed explicitly that it is forbidden – even on pain of death – for a woman to join the IDF and “even” to join their “National Service”.
The Brisker Rav was prepared to close all the yeshivos if that’s what it took to stop the gezeirah of giyus banos, back in the early days of the idol “State”.
At the time that this woman unfortunately served in the IDF, hopefully she was not then aware of this inviolable prohibition against women serving in the IDF.
Regardless, “chareidi woman” and “serving in the IDF” is self-contradictory and nonsensical.
The word “Chareidi” is being used very loosely here. “Religious”? yes, “Chareidi”? no.