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How a network of sci-tech schools in Israel offers a model for Haredi integration

JL;DR SUMMARY The Israel Sci-Tech School Network (ISTS) is pioneering a successful model for integrating Haredi individuals into the Israeli army and workforce without sacrificing their religious traditions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdfTorah StudyHaredi CommunityVocational TrainingHaredi IntegrationSocial CohesionIsrael Sci Tech School NetworkEconomic InclusionTechnological EducationNetanya Hesder Yeshiva

Places mentioned

Tsfat, Northern District, Israel
"In cities like Tsfat, 65% of the students at one ISTS college are Haredi."
Bnei Brak, Central District, Israel
"Even in Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox city, there are training programs in practical engineering designed specifically for Haredi men."
Netanya, Central District, Israel
"ISTS is taking another historic step by preparing to open a Technological Hesder Yeshiva for ultra-Orthodox high schoolers in Netanya, the first of its kind."
Beit Shemesh, Central District, Israel
"The network is also preparing to launch a new Haredi campus in the religious town of Beit Shemesh."

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