Shas Schoolteacher Fired For Being “Immodest” And “Walking Provocatively”

By
Omri Ceren
– August 28, 2007Posted in: Israel, Politics Israeli

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A Shas nursery school is seeking to fire a teacher… because, according to her superiors, she behaves immodestly and violates religious law. “This is a girl who walks provocatively in the streets and barbecues on Shabbat,” wrote Nehama Leibowitz, principal of the Shas nursery school in Moshav Meron, to the head of the ultra-Orthodox party’s Neot Margalit educational network. “What can I tell you? She hasn’t a drop of fear of heaven.”

Yeah, we have the same problem. Anyway, a couple of questions:

(1) Is Shas still in the government? What do these people do – other than like undermining principled centrist governments and taking money from left-wing coalitions, the latter in exchange for providing Knesset safety nets for misguided peace deals?

(2) Is there any way we can get this young woman’s contact info?

(3) Shouldn’t Shas be undermining Israeli democracy or something? Honestly, punishing women for being “immodest” – that’s not really helping the “West vs. Islam” image that we’ve been trying to push.

References:
* Shas preschool seeking to fire teacher for ‘immodest behavior’ [Ha'aretz]
* Shas Has Brilliant Idea About How They Would Run Things If Israel Wasn’t A Democracy

Previously:
* Ha’aretz Confused About Just How Great Peretz Is – Great or Super Great?
* Israeli Politics Roundup – 2007-05-07 – It’s Futile No Confidence Motion Day In the Knesset
* Seriously, Get A Hobby

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