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To fight growing alienation, non-Orthodox educators
now are getting a say in state schools in Israel.
WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
he Orthodox monopoly on dents about the status of women
Jewish education in Israeli in Judaism. A progressive reli-
public schools has been bro- gious organization called "Hem-
ken. Beginning today, Con- dat" will prepare a lesson plan on
servative, Reform, Humanistic
and other non-Orthodox move-
ments will for the first time bring
their view of Jewish religion and
history into the public school
classroom.
The change is being made in
the state schools, where approx-
imately two-thirds of Israeli
pupils learn. The Orthodox pres-
ence in Jewish education teach-
— Ya'acov Azuelos
ing, teacher training and lesson
development will remain domi-
nant. But, in an effort to bring
"pluralism" and a "critical ap- "Pluralism in Judaism." The kib-
proach" to the subject, the non- butz movement and the Associa-
Orthodox also will have their say. tion for Humanistic Judaism also
The new approach was insti- will develop educational mater-
tuted by the Education Ministry ial.
The Education Ministry will
in keeping with the recommen-
dations of the Shenhar Commit- spend about $650,000 in the first
tee, which reported a year ago stage of the project, and roughly
that the vast majority of students half of the money will go to non-
in state schools had grown alien- Orthodox institutions. The rest
will go to "progressive" Orthodox
ated from Jewish education.
Professor Aliza Shenhar, then institutions such as the Shalom
rector of Haifa University and Hartman Institute, headed by
now ambassador to Russia, found Rabbi David Hartman.
Ya'acov Azuelos, head of the
that the Orthodox approach to
the teaching of Judaism and Jew- ministry's unit for strengthening
ish history "is not relevant to the Jewish education, said students
world of secular students and will learn Jewish studies "with-
generates hatred on their part out being afraid to ask questions,
so that the pupil will ask himself:
against the study of Judaism."
Taught only the Orthodox view What is my relationship to the
of Judaism, secular students text? Do I agree with it or not?
tended to reject Jewish studies [The student will not have to] ac-
cept everything as the Torah
altogether, the panel found.
The ministry will fund the from Mount Sinai."
An important innovation will
Conservative and Reform move-
ments to host school visits at their be to show the Jewish people "not
synagogues, train Jewish stud- as one that developed in isolation,
ies teachers at their seminaries, and sometimes in antagonism, to
and lecture students on the sig- the societies around them, but as
nificance of Jewish holidays. Fe- a people that developed in rela-
male religious teachers who left tion to other societies," said Rab-
the Orthodox community for the bi Ehud Bandel, a leader of the
Reform Movement will teach stu , Conservative movement in Israel.
"[The student will
not have to] accept
everything as the
Torah from Mount
Sinai."