Conference: Trends and Developments in Haredi Society in Israel

The Jerusalem Institute, in cooperation with the Haredi District of the Ministry of Education, Society for Advancement of Education, JDC TEVET-Haredim Section and Neti’ot Society and with support of the NY Jewish Federation, will be hosting a conference on: Trends and Developments in Haredi Society in Israel, in honor of Prof. Amiram Gonen’s 80th birthday. 

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2015  

Teddy Kollek Hall, Jerusalem Institute, 20, Radak St., Jerusalem

 

14:00-14:30   Gathering

14:30-15:00   Opening Remarks: 

 Mr. M. Kraus , Director-General of Jerusalem Institute

 Mr. Meir Shimoni, Director of Haredi District, Ministry of Education 

 Mr. E. Moran, Director-General of Society for the Advancement of Education

 Rabbi B. Cohen, Head of Hachmey Lev Yeshiva

 

15:00-15:50    First Session: Trends and developments in Haredi education for girls

Chairperson: Dr. Anath Barth  (Michlala Yerushalayim)

Ms. Feigi Cohen, Haredi District of Ministry of Education:
Implementation of new initiatives in Haredi education

Ms Rachel Suleiman,(Haredi District of Ministry of Education):
Processes and tends in Haredi education for girls

 

15:50-17:00    Second session: Trends and developments in Haredi High-school yeshivas

Chairperson: Rabbi Menachem Bombach (Head of Hassidic Midrasha)

Dr. Lotem Perry-Hazan  (Haifa U.):
The impact of educational legislation on Hared schools in Antwerp – Lessons for Israel

Rabbi Benayahu Tevila ,(Haredi District of Ministry of Education:
High school education for Haredi boys –Trends and challenges

Rabbi Bezalel Cohen (Head of Hachmey Lev Yeshiva):
Recent trends in Haredi high schools

 

17:00-17:30     Intermission

 

17:30-18:20    Third session: Trends and developments among Haredi women

Chairperson: Prof. Menachem Friedman (Bar-Ilan University)

Dr. Bella Layosh, (Orot Israel College):
Leisure patterns among Haredi women

Dr. Chaya Gilboa (Hartman I.):
Haredi women in the high-tech industry

 

18:20-19:10    Fourth session: Trends and developments in Haredi residential space

Chairperson:  Prof. J. Shilhav (Bar-Ilan Univ. & Ono Academic College)

Prof. Amiram Gonen (Heb. U & Jerusalem I.):
From concentrating in Jerusalem and Bene Berak to Haredi spreading over the national space

Dr. Lee Cahaner (Oranim Academic College):
Social and employment patterns in the new Haredi towns

 

19:10-20:20    Fifth session: Trends among ba’alei teshuva and other Haredi groups

Chairperson: Mr. R. Gorbatt (Head of Haredi Section of JDC TEVET)

Mr. Asaf Malchi (Ministry of Economy & Jerusalem I.):
Patterns of employment and higher education among ba’alei teshuva

Dr. N. Leon (Bar-Ilan Univesity):
From society of learners to community of prayers

Dr. R. Neria Ben-Shahar (Sappir Academic College):  
Attitudes of Haredi women toward the Internet

 

20:20-20:30    Concluding remarks:  Prof. Amiram Gonen