Dec 7, 2016
the slippery slope of women learning first aid
According to INN, the Eida is upset about a new initiative in one of the Haredi girl seminaries of Jerusalem.
The initiative is to offer an extracurricular course in first aid and medical studies.
The Eida, in its newsletter, is upset that this will be a slippery slope and graduates of the course will end up going to emergency scenes, under the guise of saving lives, and from there they'll go on to more things of which there are no need to describe.
"Seminar HaChadash" has, reportedly, printed up a brochure promoting this new course so as to teach graduates to be able to deal with events that might happen in public places, such as in school and other such places.
The Eida says that this course, offered in coordination with Ichud Hatzalah and aopproved by the Ministry of Education is even "dangerous" for men to participate in, but to find a way for women to enter the world of Hatzalah is bordering on destroying the entire concept of Kol Kvoda Bas Melech Pnima - the honor of a woman is inside. They suggest, consider if there is God forbid an event, and women who have graduated such a course with certification as a medic are in the area, they will run to assist out of a concern of pikuach nefesh... and the road is paved from there to doing sheirut leumi (National Service).
The Eida rejects the claim that the course is intentioned to give them the ability to be medical escorts on class trips and other activities, as "one must be naive to think that people who invested 3700nis to attain the certification as a medic will then make sure to only use it for class trips and situations that arise just a few times each year." Rather, they will eventually also join ZAKA and Hatzalah and other such services and we will see seminar-graduate women donning the emergency responder vests running around, while the Secular will be happy about another principle having been abandoned.
To contrast this, the Ezras Nashim group of female responders in NY has gone live, so maybe they have a point, if you consider that type of thing bad..
The initiative is to offer an extracurricular course in first aid and medical studies.
The Eida, in its newsletter, is upset that this will be a slippery slope and graduates of the course will end up going to emergency scenes, under the guise of saving lives, and from there they'll go on to more things of which there are no need to describe.
"Seminar HaChadash" has, reportedly, printed up a brochure promoting this new course so as to teach graduates to be able to deal with events that might happen in public places, such as in school and other such places.
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The Eida says that this course, offered in coordination with Ichud Hatzalah and aopproved by the Ministry of Education is even "dangerous" for men to participate in, but to find a way for women to enter the world of Hatzalah is bordering on destroying the entire concept of Kol Kvoda Bas Melech Pnima - the honor of a woman is inside. They suggest, consider if there is God forbid an event, and women who have graduated such a course with certification as a medic are in the area, they will run to assist out of a concern of pikuach nefesh... and the road is paved from there to doing sheirut leumi (National Service).
The Eida rejects the claim that the course is intentioned to give them the ability to be medical escorts on class trips and other activities, as "one must be naive to think that people who invested 3700nis to attain the certification as a medic will then make sure to only use it for class trips and situations that arise just a few times each year." Rather, they will eventually also join ZAKA and Hatzalah and other such services and we will see seminar-graduate women donning the emergency responder vests running around, while the Secular will be happy about another principle having been abandoned.
To contrast this, the Ezras Nashim group of female responders in NY has gone live, so maybe they have a point, if you consider that type of thing bad..
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Darn those women trying to save lives! The Eidah should be condemned as Rodfim. They would literally rather a child die, so long as no woman learns CPR.
ReplyDeleteThe Ezrat Nashim in the States is a wonderful idea and they will be very successful. But, in Israel this type of organization might prove to be a problem within the chareidi community. Easy to understand the chareidi Rabbis' hesitation for having young girls in school train for such a purpose, because of the mandated army service. The rabbis have a point. In the States these problems don't exist. Recent events have proven there is a motive for pushing the modern world on the chareidi community because as we well know by now the problems of drafting the chareidim and promises not kept. The agenda is clear. In other words, what can be acceptable in the U.S. will not necessarily work the same way in Israel.
ReplyDeleteThis is not being pushed from outside the community. This is the Eidah doing what the Eidah does best -- telling others that their lives and their children's lives are literally less important than staying in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant.
DeleteThere are also first aid/ CPR courses required for early childhood & special ed teachers in AMERICA. Is it required in Israel too?
ReplyDeleteEvery female lifeguard has to recertify CPR/first aid yearly as safety requirements & rescue procedures change. Enough is enough, females are those in charge of infants, toddlers & the young it is imperative to know FIRST AID . And so should some men who can perform life-saving procedures in shul's & yeshivas.
Stop blaming politics, IDF or slippery slope. Safety is way above these worrisome issues!