{"id":6573,"date":"2022-11-14T11:27:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T09:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/?post_type=article&p=6573"},"modified":"2023-02-15T20:52:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:52:38","slug":"%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%93-%d7%aa%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%a2-%d7%97%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%a4%d7%9c%d7%92%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%97%d7%a8%d7%93%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%9e%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%93-%d7%aa%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%a2-%d7%97%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%a4%d7%9c%d7%92%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%97%d7%a8%d7%93%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%9e%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%9c\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the return of the ultra-Orthodox parties to the government curb the integration of the ultra-Orthodox in workforce?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many believe that the election results closed the door on attempts to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into Israeli society.
\n<\/span>“There is no positive development in ultra-Orthodox society,” says Dr. Shuki Friedman, vice president of the Jewish People Policy Institute. Friedman is familiar with the data attesting to increasing integration of ultra-Orthodox in workforce, even in the high-tech sector, but according to him “it’s simply because there are more ultra-Orthodox. Among ultra-Orthodox women, the employment rate is close to that of all Jewish women, but among ultra-Orthodox men the figure hovers around 50%. Even among working ultra-Orthodox men, the average salary is 57% of that of a non-Orthodox Jewish man.”<\/p>\n

Friedman explains that the reason the employment rate of ultra-Orthodox men has not increased: “The acute problem is that the ultra-Orthodox men have no incentive to go out to work.” According to him, “The additional income that an ultra-Orthodox student who goes to work, minus the welfare benefits he loses as a result, is only NIS 1,500-2,000 a month,\u00a0 a small amount. An ultra-Orthodox who leaves the ‘Kollel’ pays a high social price – without earning anything.”<\/p>\n

Friedman is pessimistic about the expected consequences of the elections, and estimates that the lack of incentive to work among ultra-Orthodox males will intensify. “The election promise was that all ultra-Orthodox institutions would be fully funded, and there is no reason why this will not be fulfilled. I don’t think Goldknopf (the head of the United Torah Judaism political party) will hesitate,” he said. “The meaning is a negative incentive to learn core subjects. Those institutions that until now taught core in order to receive a full budget, will be able to stop. The chance that an ultra-Orthodox student will encounter educational content\u00a0 beyond the Gemara until he decides to leave the Kollel will decrease sharply. The share of ultra-Orthodox who do not integrate into the general Israeli society will increase.<\/p>\n

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MKs Goldknopf, Porush and Asher from the United Torah Judaism Party. Photo by Shalev Shalom\/TPS<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The statistics show unequivocally that the employment rate decreases when the ultra-Orthodox are in the coalition. Ultra-Orthodox politics uses power to preserve the ultra-Orthodox way of life and increase transfer payments to finance the ability of the ultra-Orthodox to continue studying. Maybe there are fringe groups that will want to work and help them, but there are no Knesset members who will fight for them.”<\/p>\n

He further adds that “the data show that the chance of ultra-Orthodox students being successful in their studies is one in four, and that too\u00a0 results in relatively low earnings.”<\/p>\n

To read the article published by The-Marker, click here<\/a>.
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