Ultra-Orthodox shifting stance on children learning math, English - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Danny Zaken

Danny Zaken

Feb 24, 2020

Rabbi Assaf Avitan, founder of Moaz Hatorah, an all-boys school, speaks to children in a classroom in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 12, 2017. — REUTERS/Nir Elias

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An ultra Orthodox Jewish man uses his cellular phone along a street in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv May 3, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of cellphones, popularly dubbed kosher because they block access to services frowned upon by ultra-Orthodox rabbis, have been operating in the Jewish state for more than five years. Last month, Israel's second largest mobile provider, Partner introduced what it hailed as the world's first Yiddish cellphone, manufactured by Alcatel-Lucent. Picture taken May 3, 2011. To match Reut

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a rally supporting the United Torah Judaism party in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv March 11, 2015. Israelis will vote in a parliamentary election on March 17, choosing among party lists of candidates to serve in the 120-seat Knesset. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION) - RTR4SYUI

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