Maybe it's a sneaky way to get votes from the mainstream....

lol

rafi, despite being my neighbor in beit shemesh, it's astounding how little you know about the charedi world. anyone who had even a basic understanding of charedi culture would understand what makes this attractive to israeli baalea teshuva.

I know the troubles they go through, especially with schooling and shidduchim, amnog other things. Despite that, I have never heard them suggest they want their own baal tesuva communities. They (most of them, not all) always want better integration, not less

The most surprising thing (to me at least) was that he also talked about second generation Ba'alei Tshuva - i.e., not only are ba'alei Tshuva not welcome in normal Haredi educational institutions, but their children who were presumably born into Haredi families living in haredi neighborhoods should still go to Ba'al Tshuva schools because that's where their parents went.

And he thinks that this will appeal to the baal tshuva voter - I guess if the reality if that your children will never be accepted to mainstream schools, it makes sense to vote for a party committed to financially support the school that will accept your kids.