Religious education in Israel

Israel, Palestine and Nonterritorial Governance: A Reconfigured Status Quo

“…The state stream, operated by the Ministry of Education, includes secular Jewish schools as well as Arabic-language schools and minority schools for the Druze and Circassians. 26 The state-religious stream long consisted mainly of the Mizrahi schools, Orthodox Zionist schools that predate independence and decided not to become part of the state school system. While publicly funded and nominally overseen by the Ministry of Education, they operate with considerable autonomy.…”

“…Shas, an extensive provider of social services as well as a powerful political party, has used its influence both to increase its reach over certain Orthodox communities and to make inroads into more secular immigrant communities. 28 While non-official schools are not guaranteed state funding, because they represent such a large percentage of the student population and their parents wield considerable power in the fractious Israeli political scene, they receive state support. In fact, despite the lack of government oversight over the schools, some studies show they receive more money per pupil than schools in the state stream.…”

For Godds Sake, Donnt Segregate! Two Kinds of Religious Schools and Equality in Education

“…These schools receive 60% of the public funding that state schools receive and yet have almost full autonomy in every aspect of school life: they teach in Yiddish and not in Hebrew; they have control over hiring teachers and student assignment; and most importantly, are not under an obligation to teach any secular studies, including civic education. This creates great concern as to the adequacy of the education provided to children attending these schools, and whether this education enables them to exit the ultra-orthodox community (Maoz 2005;Dahan and Hammer, 2010;. 9 Additionally, the lack of civic studies and secular studies hinders the development of tolerant, self-sufficient citizens who will be able to participate and cooperate with others in civil society, politics and the market.…”

Groups in Context: An Ontology of a Muslim Headscarf in a Nazareth Catholic School and a Sephardic Ultra-Orthodox Student in Immanuel

“… The decision was noted incidentally when discussing other religion and state issues in Israel (see Maoz , 703–04; Stopler , 212–15).…”