Israel Will Fund Matchmakers in Religious High Schools

[rug]

By Josefin Dolsten
Sep 14, 2016
(Updated 3 h ago)

(JTA) — Israel’s Education Ministry is funding matchmakers to work in public religious high schools starting this academic year.

The head of the ministry’s Religious Education Administration, Avraham Lifshitz, called on schools to hire counselors in order to help students in their last years of studies find spouses, according to Haaretz. As part of the program, counselors would also create lists of young men and women eligible for marriage.

The Education Ministry did not provide a budget for the program, but said counselors will receive 30-60 hours of training.

The program received pushback from some educators in religious schools.

http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/349870/israel-will-fund-matchmakers-in-religious-high-schools/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. "Public religious high schools"

Either that's an oxymoron or that's a theocracy.

[rug]

2. The UK has a similar system.

[jonno99]

3. They gave each other a pledge? Unthinkable!

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Edit:
Ok, no one bit - perhaps my response was too nuanced.
(I thought it was clever as hell. But then, I'm a legend in my own mind...)