Hiddush

Tools

Users: Login

Text size: A | A | A

Search:

Search Tips

Search results for tag " haredi"

Knesset expedites reversal of core curricular studies law
Written by on 26/07/2016
The Knesset reverses a law that would have reduced funding for ultra-Orthodox schools that teach only minimal core subjects, such as math, English, and science.
Israeli Funds for Youth at Risk Skewed Toward ultra-Orthodox Jews
Written by on 09/06/2016
Some 60 percent of the funds budgeted for youth at risk goes toward helping ultra-Orthodox teenagers, even though they are only 15 percent of the teen population, according to Social Affairs Ministry data compiled by Hiddush.
Israeli Left Must Internalize That ultra-Orthodox Parties Are Not Partners
Written by Shahar Ilan on 16/03/2016
How is it that the left-wing and center opposition factions hardly deal with issues of state and religion? Is the opposition again deluding itself that the ultra-Orthodox parties will reward it by forming a government with it?
Affirmative action for Haredim or cronyism?
Written by Uri Regev on 23/12/2015
On Sunday, Israel’s cabinet approved an affirmative action initiative enabling more ultra-Orthodox workers to find employment in the civil service, as part of Shas’s leader, Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri’s strategy to integrate the Haredi community into the civil service.
Rabbi Blau, Stop threatening haredi women!
Written by on 11/12/2014
Rabbi Mordechai blau publicly threatened ultra-Orthodox women with terrible consequences against their families and livelihoods, should they choose to run for office. Hiddush respond swiftly by urging the Attorney General to investigage Rabbi Blau for extortion!
Ultra-Orthodox women and men: Drastically diverging employment trends
Written by on 23/11/2014
Why are more ultra-Orthodox women in Israel employed than ever before? And why are fewer ultra-Orthodox men in Israel employed than ever before? What should be done?
Core of the Core Curriculum: Chewed up, Spit out
Written by on 15/11/2014
Despite a 2013 Knesset Law, promoted by the Yesh Atid Party, which required all state funded schools to teach core curricular studies, Minister of Education Shay Piron (a senior member of the Yesh Atid Party) delayed its implementation until well past the next Israeli elections... and Hiddush publicly exposed it.
State backs away from enforcing secular studies in haredi elementary schools
Written by on 03/11/2014
The government’s 2013 decision was for schools to gradually increase the total basic curriculum hours and reach 11 hours by the 2016/2017 school year.
Ultra-Orthodox Schools in Belgium and England face sanctions for selective curircula
Written by on 22/04/2014
Israel, Belgium, and England share the common challenge of integrating core curricular subjects into ultra-Orthodox classrooms.
The Haredi Draft Law: Problems and concerns
Written by Uri Regev on 20/03/2014
Now that the Haredi draft law has been passed and implemented, the Israeli public will slowly realize that there is no equality in this law, only disappointment.
In Historic Protest Israel's Orthodox Break with Settler Right
Written by on 18/03/2014
Hiddush Vice President for Research and Information Shahar Ilan discusses the haredi draft and its implications for Israeli society.
Hiddush releases guide to the Equality in Sharing the Burden Law: Nothing but defects and exemptions
Written by on 12/03/2014
On the eve of the Knesset vote on the ultra-Orthodox draft law, Hiddush presents a guide to the law's defects and call's on the government coalition to send the bill back to the drawing board.
Hiddush slams the Shaked Committee's final product: the exact of opposite of equality in sharing the burden
Written by on 09/03/2014
As the Shaked Committee's law proposal for the Haredi draft makes its way to the Knesset plenum, Hiddush continues to point out the government coalition's misunderstanding of equality.
The Law for Equality in Sharing the Burden will do exactly the opposite of its intent
Written by on 27/02/2014
As the Shaked Committee finishes up its final touches on preparing the Haredi Draft Law for its final votes in the Knesset, the Israeli public will slowly realize that there is no equality in this law, only dissapointment.
Chareidi Draft Law Looks at Economic Sanctions
Written by on 15/10/2013
The Hiddush plan for economic sanctions for draft dodgers was taken into consideration by MK Ayelet Shaked and her committee tasked with preparing the draft law