A study by the Orot Israel Seminary shows that a substantial number of religious girls serve in the IDF. In an interview with Arutz 7, one of the study's authors, Dr. Moshe Stofel, says that despite the lack of cooperation between the IDF and religious girls' high schools – which encourage girls to perform National Service, in line with the Halachic stance of the Chief Rabbinate – between 20% and 25% of girls serve in the IDF. The figures are based on draft statistics from before the 2005 disengagement. Stofel said it was not clear if fewer religious girls chose to serve as a result of the disengagement.
Stofel said that unlike in the past, there were far more options for religious girls in the IDF than there were before. "In recent years, pre-IDF service seminaries that prepare graduates for army service with a religious education have sprung up. There is no question that these seminaries have contributed to the success of religious girls in the IDF." He added that the IDF appreciates the contribution of these recruits, but the opposition of the Rabbinate to service by religious girls has stymied recruitment efforts.