Petach Tikva is a 100,000 inhabitants town south of Kever Benjamin, with a strong component of religious Jews. Four religious schools have refused to accept this year Ethiopian immigrant children, creating a national scandal. The reason is simple: The directors say that as private schools, they have project the image that they are providing a high level education to attract paying students, and experience shows that Ethiopians are "weak in the study of the Torah" (meaning, you were not born to study the Torah). The children, along with their families, underwent a formal conversion to Judaism (giyur l'chumra) as part of their aliyah (immigration) process. The religious are being attacked from another side too: gender equality. Their schools are segregated by gender, and that is unacceptable to liberals. I dont see a solution to these issues, maybe it is better to ignore and avoid them.
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Vocational schools might do a lot of good, here. Studying Torah will not get these Ethiopian kids any jobs, but learning machining skills, electronics, and plumbing could do wonders.
Rashkov: Average Ethiopian IQ 70 - 80.
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