https://hiddush.org/subchannel-66-0-Haredi_Education.aspx This is an RSS update from channel Haredi Education on Hiddush website Sun, 03 May 2026 04:11:20 GMT He-il https://hiddush.org/article-23683-0-Public_Funds_Private_Agendas_Why_Israel_Must_Put_an_End_to_Political_Deals_in_Education.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23683-0-Public_Funds_Private_Agendas_Why_Israel_Must_Put_an_End_to_Political_Deals_in_Education.aspx Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:52:00 GMT Israel's government proposal to allocate around 40 million shekels (approximately $11 million) from the GEFEN education program to the Haredi Bnei Yosef school network is illegal, and a violation of recent Supreme Court rulings https://hiddush.org/article-23658-0-Hiddush_Challenges_“Coalition_Funds”.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23658-0-Hiddush_Challenges_“Coalition_Funds”.aspx Sun, 24 Mar 2024 10:08:00 GMT Hiddush submitted a petition against the attempt to transfer millions to the budget of the ultra-Orthodox school networks; and a petition that stopped the allocation of "Deri's food tickets" https://hiddush.org/article-23558-0-Hiddush_supports_Initiative_to_cut_support_for_school_networks.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23558-0-Hiddush_supports_Initiative_to_cut_support_for_school_networks.aspx Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:08:00 GMT You cannot have your cake and eat it, too: to claim on the one hand that the ultra-Orthodox educational networks are fulfilling their commitment to teach 100% of the core studies, and on the other hand to refuse participation in external objective examinations. https://hiddush.org/article-23501-0-Landmark_Supreme_Court_ReligionState_Rulings.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23501-0-Landmark_Supreme_Court_ReligionState_Rulings.aspx Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:55:00 GMT This week, the Supreme Court handed down two landmark rulings on cases in the arena of religion and state, which have been pending for years. Once announced, they generated the expected outpouring of reactions. https://hiddush.org/article-23447-0-Transitions_Between_Religious_Groups_among_Israeli_Jews.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23447-0-Transitions_Between_Religious_Groups_among_Israeli_Jews.aspx Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:43:00 GMT The rate of departure from Israel’s ultra-Orthodox sector far exceeds the rates of secular and Zionist Orthodox Israelis becoming Haredi. This emerges from a new study published by the Israeli Democracy Institute, and it sheds new light on a long-standing debate regarding the phenomenon of Jews becoming ultra-Orthodox in Israel. It is also important to understand what is happening today in the ultra-Orthodox sector in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://hiddush.org/article-23443-0-Hiddush_to_petition_Supreme_Court_if_yeshivas_open_before_state_schools.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23443-0-Hiddush_to_petition_Supreme_Court_if_yeshivas_open_before_state_schools.aspx Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:00:00 GMT Hiddush to Corona Cabinet and the other relevant authorities: We will appeal to the Supreme Court if you make an exception for ultra-Orthodox education and permit gender discrimination. https://hiddush.org/article-23411-0-Shas_CEO_cannot_simultaneously_be_CEO_of_statefunded_educational_network.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23411-0-Shas_CEO_cannot_simultaneously_be_CEO_of_statefunded_educational_network.aspx Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:42:00 GMT Responding to Hiddush’s demand – Israel’s Attorney General instructs Shas that the party’s CEO, Haim Biton, cannot simultaneously direct the State-funded vast educational network it founded https://hiddush.org/article-23406-0-On_the_legal_front.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23406-0-On_the_legal_front.aspx Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:35:00 GMT Hiddush's activism in the legal arena has continued in the face of the Covid-19 crisis, as Israel's new government has been settling in. There will be much to do in the face of the ultra-Orthodox party's stranglehold over Israel's religion-and-state arena! https://hiddush.org/article-23396-0-What’s_behind_the_spread_of_Coronavirus_among_Haredim.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23396-0-What’s_behind_the_spread_of_Coronavirus_among_Haredim.aspx Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:25:00 GMT Since Israel’s Coronavirus-related restrictions were announced, even until last night, it appears that Israel’s ultra-Orthodox population is inclined to ignore the guidelines of the health and police authorities, and there have been many cases of infection reported among this population. https://hiddush.org/article-23380-0-One_of_every_Seven_Jerusalem_children_attend_unregistered_schools.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23380-0-One_of_every_Seven_Jerusalem_children_attend_unregistered_schools.aspx Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:28:00 GMT In violation of the law and ignoring both the Ministry of Education and the Jerusalem Municipality - more than 40,000 children in Jerusalem study in schools that operate without licenses! Hiddush and Jerusalem City Council Member Dr. Laura Wharton petitioned the Supreme Court, demanding that Israel’s law of compulsory education be enforced in the city. https://hiddush.org/article-23372-0-2019_Statistical_Report_on_Haredi_Society_in_Israel.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23372-0-2019_Statistical_Report_on_Haredi_Society_in_Israel.aspx Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:51:00 GMT As described on the Israel Democracy Institute's website, the 2019 Statistical Report on Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel provides both a snapshot of the ultra-Orthodox in Israel today and an analysis of trends characterizing this community in recent decades, in key areas such as demography, education, employment, and use of leisure time. https://hiddush.org/article-23296-0-Report_Haredi_employment_is_down;_Haredi_poverty_is_up.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23296-0-Report_Haredi_employment_is_down;_Haredi_poverty_is_up.aspx Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:05:00 GMT Data from the Israel Democracy Institute's 2018 Statistical Report on Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel supports Hiddush's data and analysis on the growing trend of ultra-Orthodox men studying in yeshivas instead of entering the workforce, as poverty rates rise. https://hiddush.org/article-23278-0-Israels_(and_New_York’s)_Yeshiva_Students_Deserve_Better.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23278-0-Israels_(and_New_York’s)_Yeshiva_Students_Deserve_Better.aspx Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:29:00 GMT One of the key areas that the 2018 Israel Religion & State Index points to is the strong resentment and objection among the Israeli Jewish population in the face of the refusal of the leadership of the ultra-Orthodox community to allow a proper and effective instruction of core curricular studies in their boys’ schools. https://hiddush.org/article-22156-0-New_report_sheds_light_on_Haredim_in_Higher_Education.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-22156-0-New_report_sheds_light_on_Haredim_in_Higher_Education.aspx Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:30:00 GMT A recent report by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel sheds light on another important dimension of the official statistics on Haredim in Higher Education that are so frequently cited by government officials. https://hiddush.org/article-22145-0-Religious_extremism_emanating_from_Israel.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-22145-0-Religious_extremism_emanating_from_Israel.aspx Thu, 19 Oct 2017 21:01:00 GMT Not content to exert their influence within the Haredi community, fundamentalist religious leaders and their sponsors have taken to attacking the Modern Orthodoxy community, which extols the virtues of Torah together with modernity and secular education. https://hiddush.org/article-16930-0-Knesset_expedites_reversal_of_core_curricular_studies_law.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16930-0-Knesset_expedites_reversal_of_core_curricular_studies_law.aspx Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:53:00 GMT 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. https://hiddush.org/article-16920-0-The_number_of_Haredi_yeshiva_students_has_fallen_for_the_past_5_years.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16920-0-The_number_of_Haredi_yeshiva_students_has_fallen_for_the_past_5_years.aspx Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:59:00 GMT According to the Ministry of Education, the rise in the number of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students has stopped, holding steady at approximately 70,000. The percentage of ultra-Orthodox men studying full-time in yeshivas dropped over the course of recent years from 61% to 50%. https://hiddush.org/article-16769-0-Affirmative_action_for_Haredim_or_cronyism.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16769-0-Affirmative_action_for_Haredim_or_cronyism.aspx Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:14:00 GMT 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. https://hiddush.org/article-15754-0-2015_Religion__State_Index__support_for_religious_freedom_rises.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-15754-0-2015_Religion__State_Index__support_for_religious_freedom_rises.aspx Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:05:00 GMT The good news, illuminated by the 2015 Israel Religion & State Index, is the continually increasing Israeli public support for freedom of religion and equality of burden. The bad news is the gaping divide between the public’s will on matters of religion and state and the Government’s coalition agreements. https://hiddush.org/article-15752-0-Hiddush_analysis_of_Israel’s_state_budget.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-15752-0-Hiddush_analysis_of_Israel’s_state_budget.aspx Wed, 09 Sep 2015 11:18:00 GMT The state budget for yeshivas is expected to grow by 419 million shekels, an increase of three-quarters. This is blow to the heart of Israel’s future, and a slap in the voters' faces. https://hiddush.org/article-10707-0-Justice_Joubran_asserts_state_funded_school_networks_subject_to_Propaganda_Law.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-10707-0-Justice_Joubran_asserts_state_funded_school_networks_subject_to_Propaganda_Law.aspx Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:13:00 GMT Justice Joubran: "Common sense and reason cannot tolerate Shas’s legal interpretation, according to which a teacher could influence a student’s parents." Rabbi Regev: “This is an important precedent that will affect a host of educational networks and future elections campaigns. The mobilization of armies of teachers has been prohibited.” https://hiddush.org/article-6676-0-Core_of_the_Core_Curriculum_Chewed_up_Spit_out.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-6676-0-Core_of_the_Core_Curriculum_Chewed_up_Spit_out.aspx Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:25:00 GMT 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. https://hiddush.org/article-4642-0-Hiddush_slams_Shas_leaders_attack_on_womens_higher_education.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-4642-0-Hiddush_slams_Shas_leaders_attack_on_womens_higher_education.aspx Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:11:00 GMT Rabbi Shalom Cohen, Shas's new spiritual leader wrote a letter which forbids women from entering academic studies. Hiddush foresees a split in the Sephardic ultra-Orthodox party. https://hiddush.org/article-4639-0-Supreme_Court_strikes_down_discriminatory_stipends_for_yeshiva_students.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-4639-0-Supreme_Court_strikes_down_discriminatory_stipends_for_yeshiva_students.aspx Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:54:00 GMT The petition initiated by Hiddush and partnering organizations demonstrated the failure of Israel's previous government coalition. https://hiddush.org/article-2629-0-UltraOrthodox_Schools_in_Belgium_and_England_face_sanctions_for_selective_curircula.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2629-0-UltraOrthodox_Schools_in_Belgium_and_England_face_sanctions_for_selective_curircula.aspx Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:33:00 GMT Israel, Belgium, and England share the common challenge of integrating core curricular subjects into ultra-Orthodox classrooms. https://hiddush.org/article-2598-0-MK_Rabbi_Dov_Lipman_on_ultraOrthodox_education_employment_and_success.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2598-0-MK_Rabbi_Dov_Lipman_on_ultraOrthodox_education_employment_and_success.aspx Sun, 02 Feb 2014 14:13:00 GMT MK Lipman discusses the findings of the Taub Center's 2013 State of the Nation Report. https://hiddush.org/article-2515-0-Core_Curriculum_is_the_key_to_success_for_the_ultraOrthodox_sector.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2515-0-Core_Curriculum_is_the_key_to_success_for_the_ultraOrthodox_sector.aspx Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:49:00 GMT While army service is necessary for properly integrating the ultra-Orthodox sector into Israeli society, the real path to success lies in giving yeshiva students the educational tools to succeed in the Israeli workforce. https://hiddush.org/article-2430-0-High_Court_of_Justice_brings_standardized_testing_to_ultraOrthodox_schools.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2430-0-High_Court_of_Justice_brings_standardized_testing_to_ultraOrthodox_schools.aspx Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:47:00 GMT Israeli High Court of Justice decision will bring greater Ultra-Orthodox involvement in society and as a result, more economic growth. https://hiddush.org/article-2398-0-Hiddushs_Annual_Israel_Religion_and_State_Index_2012.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2398-0-Hiddushs_Annual_Israel_Religion_and_State_Index_2012.aspx Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:37:00 GMT Support for religious freedom rises to 85%, 67% say Haredi MKs distance public from Judaism, 76% dissatisfied with government policies on religion https://hiddush.org/article-2396-0-Israel_Religion_and_State_Index_2012.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2396-0-Israel_Religion_and_State_Index_2012.aspx Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:16:00 GMT Support for religious freedom rises to 85%, 67% say Haredi MKs distance public from Judaism, 76% dissatisfied with government policies on religion https://hiddush.org/article-2394-0-A_curriculum_rotten_to_the_core.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2394-0-A_curriculum_rotten_to_the_core.aspx Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:32:00 GMT A core curriculum should include knowledge, skills and values that the Education Ministry believes represent a common denominator shared by all graduates of the nation's school system. https://hiddush.org/article-2359-0-UltraOrthodox_childrens_paper_excludes_Israeli_flag.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2359-0-UltraOrthodox_childrens_paper_excludes_Israeli_flag.aspx Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:56:00 GMT An ultra-Orthodox paper in Israel, written in Hebrew, features a story on the history of flags from across the globe. But where is the Israeli flag, where all of these children live? https://hiddush.org/article-2357-0-Did_The_Global_Jewish_Forum_on_Haredim_Face_the_Facts.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2357-0-Did_The_Global_Jewish_Forum_on_Haredim_Face_the_Facts.aspx Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:23:00 GMT The Jewish Agency and Makom opened the conversation on the impact of ultra-Orthodoxy on Israel and on the Jewish People as a whole, but did they give their participants a full picture? https://hiddush.org/article-2319-0-Israeli_teens_speak_out_against_draft_evasion.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2319-0-Israeli_teens_speak_out_against_draft_evasion.aspx Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:57:00 GMT In a recent Facebook group, over 2000 high school seniors have signed a letter condemning governmental policy that exempts ultra-Orthodox from the draft, and demand change https://hiddush.org/article-2308-0-In_2059_the_ultraOrthodox_will_make_up_between_23_and_40_of_Israel’s_population_says_Israel’s_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2308-0-In_2059_the_ultraOrthodox_will_make_up_between_23_and_40_of_Israel’s_population_says_Israel’s_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics.aspx Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:53:00 GMT Shahar Ilan, Hiddush Vice President: "Any government that doesn’t work to integrate ultra-Orthodox into society sells out our children's future, the future of Zionism and the future of those ultra-Orthodox children" https://hiddush.org/article-2303-0-Only_40_of_ultraOrthodox_high_schools_teach_math_and_English.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2303-0-Only_40_of_ultraOrthodox_high_schools_teach_math_and_English.aspx Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:12:00 GMT Ultra-Orthodox schools for boys are exempted from teaching basic subjects like math and science. Currently, there are 20,000 teens that study at such schools. https://hiddush.org/article-2301-0-Israeli_school_to_its_student_If_you_sing_in_front_of_men_you’re_gone.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2301-0-Israeli_school_to_its_student_If_you_sing_in_front_of_men_you’re_gone.aspx Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:50:00 GMT Ministry of Education supports the position of the school: OK to prohibit students from participating in activities against Jewish law https://hiddush.org/article-2287-0-Hiddush_Poll_78_of_the_Jewish_Israelis_support_recommendations_of_the_Trajtenberg_Committee.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2287-0-Hiddush_Poll_78_of_the_Jewish_Israelis_support_recommendations_of_the_Trajtenberg_Committee.aspx Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:40:00 GMT 78% of the Jewish population of Israel support the recommendations of the Trajtenberg committee dealing with integrating ultra-Orthodox men into the work force, enforcing core curriculum, and limiting funding for yeshivas https://hiddush.org/article-2257-0-Israel_2021_Conference_Confronts_UltraOrthodox_Workplace_Integration.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2257-0-Israel_2021_Conference_Confronts_UltraOrthodox_Workplace_Integration.aspx Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:52:00 GMT Although not part of the scheduled program, many speakers at the Israel 2021 conference sponsored by The Marker newspaper emphasized the necessity of ultra-Orthodox integration into the workforce as a means of socio-economic stability for the country as a whole. https://hiddush.org/article-2256-0-US_Ambassador_Integration_of_UltraOrthodox_American_Interest.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2256-0-US_Ambassador_Integration_of_UltraOrthodox_American_Interest.aspx Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:53:00 GMT Ambassor Dan Shapiro: It is important to help the ultra-Orthodox population succeed economically. A strong Israel will help the United States, and vice-versa https://hiddush.org/article-2253-0-Livni_No_Core_Curriculum_No_Funding.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2253-0-Livni_No_Core_Curriculum_No_Funding.aspx Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:48:00 GMT Livni shared her thoughts at the “Israel 2021 Conference” and in an interview with the newspaper The Marker. Hiddush CEO Rabbi Regev welcomes her comments: “If Livni can fulfill her promise, there can be true social justice.” https://hiddush.org/article-2254-0-Economic_Change_Will_Need_UltraOrthodox_Men.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2254-0-Economic_Change_Will_Need_UltraOrthodox_Men.aspx Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:55:00 GMT Hiddush Vice-President, Shahar Ilan, warns the Trajtenberg Committee meeting that economic reform must take into account the lack of young ultra-Orthodox men to the work force. https://hiddush.org/article-2175-0-Yeshiva_Students_Cheat_Ministry.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2175-0-Yeshiva_Students_Cheat_Ministry.aspx Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:10:00 GMT 10,000 Yeshiva students have been playing hooky and bilking Israel’s Ministry of Education of NIS 4.5 million, according to a recent audit. https://hiddush.org/article-2140-0-Different_Totals_For_Haredi_Population_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2140-0-Different_Totals_For_Haredi_Population_.aspx Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:13:00 GMT Four separate surveys involve completely different results https://hiddush.org/article-2127-0-Baseless_Myths_about_Haredim_Work_and_Education.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2127-0-Baseless_Myths_about_Haredim_Work_and_Education.aspx Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:28:00 GMT Haredim want to work? There’s a revolution of increased Haredi employment? Yeshiva studies improve the mind so well that graduates can learn any subject easily? Let’s not get carried away. https://hiddush.org/article-2133-0-Thou_shalt_not_work.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2133-0-Thou_shalt_not_work.aspx Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:01:00 GMT The Haredi press is a barrier to the integration of the ultra-Orthodox into the job market. https://hiddush.org/article-2101-0-No_increase_in_oversight_of_haredi_education.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2101-0-No_increase_in_oversight_of_haredi_education.aspx Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:03:00 GMT Education minister promised half a year ago to beef up supervision at haredi schools, but nothing was done. No sign of new inspectors for the independent school networks