Menu JTA Search  Diva, 30, joins IDF  Twelve years after
securing an exemption from military service, an Israeli diva got
drafted.  Maya Buskila signed up Monday for a four-month stint
in the Israel Defense Forces, with military officials saying she
would be assigned to the Educational Corps and lecture troops on
the importance of national service.  The 30-year-old singer
avoided enlistment as a teenager, citing religious observance.
That soon became a popular joke given her on-stage predilection
for passionate love songs, skimpy clothes and busty gyrations.
Israel’s top brass has been cracking down on draft-dodgers since
the 2006 Second Lebanon War. Some entertainers who never served
in uniform have been barred from performing for soldiers.