A known problem with many who suffer from it every year is the selection of students by seminaries, often based solely on ethnicity - with seminaries often leaving out many young ladies of Sephardic descent. In recent years this problem has come more to the forefront with many trying to find solutions, but unable to solve it in general as of yet.
Calfon is proposing a law that would prevent the government from providing funding to any school that discriminates in this manner.
The proposal has been passed in the Legislative Committee and will move forward for passage in the Knesset. Members of the Coalition say this law has a clear majority and will be passed. In the past, Shas has demanded such laws but never proposed one itself and voted against when they were in government and Opposition members proposed it. They are expected to oppose it again, due to agreements with Degel, based on what the Shas talking heads have been saying.
source: Kikar
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While I agree with the intent of this law, I can see it being used to push what "discrimination" means. Can it be abused by LGBT to get students into schools they don't agree with and then sue to force a curriculum that is "inclusive"? I wouldn't have even entertained this thought, but it seems to a degree to be happening in the UK. Thoughts?
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DeleteThat's why I really think that effective change has to come from within, which sadly IMHO, the yeshivos won't do in regard to anything. Shidduch crisis, Kollel people who won't work (not who don't, who WON'T, just to be clear) the army, kashrus, whatever. The idea that things become a "crisis" is only when they are panicing and either
ReplyDeleteA. Double down on "we will never change"
or
B. When a CW case embarrasses them so badly that something is forced.
According to Yonasan Rosenblum, when he was writing about the crisis at that school in Immanuel years ago, this discrimination doesn't exist (ha!) and therefore there is no need for such a law. So good luck effecting change in the UO schools.
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