Israel – Sixty-one percent of the ultra-Orthodox living in Israel prefer to live in towns segregated from the secular population, a new comprehensive study focusing on the haredi sector conducted by Professor Avi Degani, president of the Geocartography Group, reveals.
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Asked whether they agreed that it’s better for haredim to live in separate towns and cities, and be completely separated from the secular population, 43% of the respondents said they disagreed, 16% said they agreed to some extent, 32% said they agreed and 9% had no opinion.
Most of those respondents (48%) claimed that living in separate neighborhoods would be to the benefit of both the haredi and secular populations.
“Most haredim (61%) tend to see the option of living isolated from the rest of the Israeli public – in towns that are completely haredi – as an advantage,” said Degani.
“That said, one third of haredim aren’t inclined to live that way – and they are most likely the sector in society that combines Torah with regular jobs and more involved with Israeli economy, unlike haredim who live a more traditional lifestyle where ‘Torah is their profession’.”
Degani stated that it was actually the majority of the Zionist religious population – 53%, that expressed a stand opposing haredi segregation. Degani noted that one of the reasons for this was that most of the Zionist religious population sanctifies and maintains a religious lifestyle together with integration into the secular and haredi population.
Another explanation is their objection to supporting towns and cities that will most likely need to receive government funding and support.
“Out of the total population, including haredim, 48% support haredi segregation from the rest of the population,” Degani said. On the other hand, a large minority – 43% is against haredi segregation and is opposed to allocating national resources to the creation of separate infrastructure for a minority that isn’t highly productive and would require government support in any town established.”
The secular world has no problem with that.
segregation may seem good to you when you think you want to be an insular community separated from the realities of daily life that is in the main stream society. But what about being a light to the world? How will you spread Torah knowledge when you live in your own enclave and see noone else in your day? Are you really serving Hashem or are you just serving yourselves?
the secular world has no problem with what?
Hypocrisy at the highest degree !
If the majority of Chareidim choose to live in separation with the secular, why are they going to protest a parking lot in the secular neighborhood on Shabos?
Why on earth do you care what they are doing?
You can’t have it both ways. Period.
Why do the dati leumi people have to want to force their ways on the haredim? Haredim just want to be left alone
48% is not “most”.
First of all:
43% disagreed
16% agreed to some extent
32% agreed
9% had no opinion
So how did that scoundrel Avi Degani arrive at 61%? It’s only 48%, and 1/3 of those only “to some extent”.
But more importantly, who are these 43% who prefer to live intermixed with Jewish goyim? Probably the ones who just call themselves chareidim but in fact are not.
And we moaned and complained about the segregation of our people in the gettos of Europe!