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Jan 26, 2022
Belz mainstreaming Haredi public schools
The news is reporting that the Belz people (educational committee, representatives of the Admor and whoever else is important there) have been negotiating with the government to convert the Belz educational system and all, or most of, its schools, into joining the public school system. They would become what has become known as "MaMaCh" - Mamlachti Haredi schools. That is the public school system for the Haredi community.
If the negotiations succeed, Belz would benefit by possibly increasing the government support of their schools to up to 100%. As a private school now they get only 55% max of government support, and they always claim much less in reality. It seems they are in a bit of a financial bind and recent fundraising efforts have fallen short, along with efforts to increase support from Chinuch Atzmai also failing.
As part of the MaMaCh system Belz would commit to implementing full secular studies into their school systems with the bagrut testing as well. They would focus on bagrut in the fields of mathematics, English language and Hebrew language. the government would likely have to agree on no external supervision and inspections and would instead limit the supervision to reviewing the semi-annual testing. The level of support would also depend on the level of success in the testing, as that would indicate that they are actually teaching and studying the material and taking it seriously.
This is a major shift. The institutional Haredi community has vehemently opposed the MaMaCh system. Even if it does not work out in the end, though right now it looks like it is nearly a done deal, the fact that they have been negotiating, and seriously negotiating, is itself a big deal and a monumental shift in Haredi society. I dont know if it will lead to other communities adjusting attitudes as well and consider joining the MaMaCh system, or at least not opposing it as strongly they have until now, but a major community like Belz joining it is definitely going to go a long way to kashering it in the minds of many.
The Haredi community always claimed, especially about the educational system, that they cannot be bought for money - they will never change just for increased budgets. It looks like that is just a myth.
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Looks premature to celebrate this accomplishment. Belz is denying
ReplyDeleteas I said, even if it doesnt happen int he end, the consideration itself is a big thing. Of course theyw oudl deny it. As soon as it was publicized it was obvious theyw oudl deny. they might even stop. I ams ure that now that it is knownt hey are under significant pressure from the other Haredi groups to stop. They might even get what they originally wanted as a payoff to cancel negotiations - to get chinuch atzmai to offer funding (as they do for Gur for historical reasons) but have refused until now to do for Belz
DeleteVery disturbing news. Why would a frumme chaseic sect do such an outrageous and sinful thing, if it's true. The evil left everywhere in the world is destroying everything they touch. There would be no reason to call themselves Belz, just more renegade Jews which eventually get lost to our people, r'l.
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