Sectarian separation in Jerusalem? Female students of Sephardic origin studied separately from female students of Ashkenazi origin - voila! news

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Female students of Sephardic origin at a school in Jerusalem claim that they were discriminated against by female students of Ashkenazi origin.

According to the claims of the female students at the "Beit Ya'akov-Neva Bat Sheva" elementary school located in the Neve Ya'akov neighborhood in Jerusalem, they were forced to study separately from the female students of Ashkenazi origin, in a branch far from their place of residence, due to its sectarian location.

The head of the governmental unit for the coordination of the fight against racism in the Ministry of Justice, attorney Oka (Kubi) Zena, sent a letter to the director general of the Ministry of Education Dalit Stauber, in which he wrote that "our office has received several complaints describing the separation of female students of Sephardic origin from female students of Ashkenazi origin (...) It appears that the school's female students of Sephardic origin routinely receive demeaning treatment and remarks from the school staff and female students of Ashkenazi origin."

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Suspicion of discrimination.

Haredi female students, illustration (Photo: ShutterStock)

Zena emphasized, "This reality caused, according to the complaints, that some of the female students stopped coming to school and are unable to concentrate on their studies due to the continuous harm they experienced at school."

The head of the governmental unit for the coordination of the fight against racism also wrote, "From the complaints it appears that the separation of female students based on sectarian background is not based on proximity of residence or registration areas. According to the complainants, female students were assigned to a branch far from their place of residence due to its sectarian background."

In 2009, in a similar story that happened at the Beit Ya'akov school in the Emanuel settlement, the High Court of Justice ruled that sectarian segregation is prohibited - and demanded that the school abolish it. for them a private school that was not recognized by the Ministry of Education.

At the school in Jerusalem, the Ministry of Education recognizes and even budgets for it.

In 2009, the High Court of Justice ruled that sectarian segregation in school is prohibited. The school in Emanuel (Photo: Hachad 24, Haim Peretz)

The appeal of the head of the governmental unit for the fight against racism to the Ministry of Education and not to the school itself was made because the unit sees the Ministry of Education as the regulator responsible for ending discrimination.

It should be noted that in the last year a CEO's circular was written that deals with the study of content against racism in the education system, to which the government unit of the Ministry of Education was a partner, the CEO's circular also includes ultra-orthodox schools.

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Contacted a number of officials at Beit Ya'akov and the network in the ultra-Orthodox independent education, but they chose not to respond, as of writing these lines.

The Ministry of Education responded: "The Ministry works hard and with zero patience against all manifestations of discrimination and racism in the education system, in order to eradicate these phenomena and uproot them. The independent education network, like any other education network, is obliged to act in accordance with this policy. Meanwhile, all the parties involved : The ultra-orthodox district, the rabbis of the communities, the municipality and the ownership created an outline of the division of the buildings by neighborhoods while providing options for all female students. As mentioned, the ministry will not allow any kind of discrimination in the education system."

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