Israeli parents protest growing extremist bent in religious schools

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Parents of some 400 children are protesting issues such as prohibition against kindergarten girls singing.

Published 00:33 18.11.11
By Talila Nesher

Parents of some 400 children in the state religious school system have banded together to protest what they view as the extreme bent the system has taken.

"People are angry over the issue of women singing in the IDF, but our outcry is over the prohibition against kindergarten girls singing," Ariela Miller, the mother of three children in the Orthodox state school system, told Haaretz.

"Children are habituated to rabbis being the only source of authority, much before educators. No wonder that when they come to crossroads in life, they cannot use their own judgment," Miller said.

Unlike Miller, most of the parents are afraid to reveal their names for fear of a negative impact on their children's schooling. One activist, who works for the Education Ministry, said she was summoned for a talking-to and told to stop her activities against the Education Ministry.

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/israeli-parents-protest-growing-extremist-bent-in-religious-schools-1.396221?localLinksEnabled=false

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1. I Abhor the Religious Right Wing in every part of this World

they do nothing but destroy, lie, kill, attack, oppress, and then claim to be something they are not... followers of a gawd. They are assholes who use the concept for personal gain.

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