And to zahavasdad:
To call the chareidi community a “non-working segment of the population” is to buy into the lie that the secular Leftist media is trying – successfully – to market.
Most chareidi women work. They work as teachers, speech therapists, graphic designers, interior designers, accountants, computer programmers, marketing writers and more. Suddenly, when it comes to chareidim, working women don’t count anymore.
And I’ll tell you a secret: Most chareidi men work, too. Are many of them cheder rebbeim and maggidei shiurim? Yes. So what? If male teachers and professors in Israeli public schools and universities are considered working, then so are their chareidi equivalents. And if cheder rebbeim and maggidei shiurim are not considered working, then neither can male teachers and professors be considered as such. It works both ways.