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Dec 7, 2014
Women to boycott UTJ and Shas
Kikar is reporting that there is a movement of Haredi women demanding that the Haredi parties include a woman on the party lists for Knesset in the upcoming elections.
This group of women is calling on women, I guess anybody but mainly women, to sign on and state that they will refuse to vote for the Haredi parties unless women will be included on the lists.
The women behind the campaign say that female representation will serve and represent the community in a worthy and appropriate way. Haredi women are talented and would be happy to serve its public faithfully....
They also state that it is time they are given the respect they deserve as the main breadwinners and as the ones who support the Torah world on their backs, via worthy female representation in the Knesset.... while women are serving as directors of organizations and institutions, as journalists, laywers and social activists, there is no reason why a worthy woman cannot serve as a representative of the public and fight for the unique needs of this 5% of the Israeli public.
I support them and think it is a good idea, but unlikely to happen.
Will they boycott? I figure that is a bluff, it will be called, and they will not follow through, at least publicly. A better option, in my mind, is for them to open a new political party for Haredi women. I think many men would vote for them, just as many women would. Would they pass the threshold? not likely, but they would be a threat to UTJ and Shas who are worried about losing votes.
This group of women is calling on women, I guess anybody but mainly women, to sign on and state that they will refuse to vote for the Haredi parties unless women will be included on the lists.
The women behind the campaign say that female representation will serve and represent the community in a worthy and appropriate way. Haredi women are talented and would be happy to serve its public faithfully....
They also state that it is time they are given the respect they deserve as the main breadwinners and as the ones who support the Torah world on their backs, via worthy female representation in the Knesset.... while women are serving as directors of organizations and institutions, as journalists, laywers and social activists, there is no reason why a worthy woman cannot serve as a representative of the public and fight for the unique needs of this 5% of the Israeli public.
I support them and think it is a good idea, but unlikely to happen.
Will they boycott? I figure that is a bluff, it will be called, and they will not follow through, at least publicly. A better option, in my mind, is for them to open a new political party for Haredi women. I think many men would vote for them, just as many women would. Would they pass the threshold? not likely, but they would be a threat to UTJ and Shas who are worried about losing votes.
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In a way, it seems a little fishy. Real 'chareidi' women are not the types to boycott and go against their traditions. Even though, it's very nice if a woman who has the talent to be representative of the party would participate but something about this just proves that this either a setup pushed by outsiders or they have been influenced by the outside world, which to a degree, is not a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI agree - real "charedi" women are going to vote the way the pashkevilim say because they want whatever segulos are posted there. Even if they wear jean skirts, tricot shirts and long sheitls.
ReplyDeleteThough it reminded me of the burka ladies who also don't listen to the Rabbonim. And the Har Nof widows who also shouldn't be speaking out. Who knows, maybe one of these groups will bring the geula?
why form a new party? these women could probably join the tov list. that would be a win-win-loose scenario (tov wins, the women win, yahadut hatorah looses)
ReplyDeleteeven if theoretically that would be an option, tov doesnt really exist anymore. in the last municipal elections they won no seats, even in places where they already had seats. in knesset elections they have not run in the past and I havent heard that they are planning to do so this time around
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