A strategic plan A strategic plan to significantly influence the to significantly influence the makeup of the next Knessetmakeup of the next Knesset

עין לציוןJewish

Pluralism Watch

will promise freedom of religion, conscience, speech, education and culture …

Israel's Declaration of Independence

50%

30%

12%8%

ʩhʥʬʩʧ ʩ ʸ ʥɦʮ ʩ ʣ ʩʣyʧ

ʩhʥʬʩʧ ʩ ʸ ʥɦʮ ʩ ʣ ʩʣyʧ

How do you define yourselfHow do you define yourself??

Source: Dahaf Institute Survey, March, 2007

Secular Traditional Religious Haredi

%46

%15

%15

%24

%39

%14

%20

%28

Source: Taub Center, TA University, 2009, based on Central Bureau of Statistics data

Elementary School PupilsElementary School Pupils

Secular

Religious

Haredi

Arab

31

28

24

20

Class Size - Elementary Schools

Haredi

Source: Taub Center, TA University, 2009

ReligiousSecularArab

Israel 2010Israel 2010

About one third of Israeli Jewish babies are born to Haredi families

Slightly under 50% of 1st graders study in religious, primarily Haredi, schools

Source: Israeli Demography En Route to a Theocratic State, 2010-2030; Arnon Sofer & Yevgeny Shapovalov, University of Haifa, Nov. 2010

מקור: דו"ח מרכז טאוב, מאת פרופ' דן דן-דוד )אונ' ת"א( לפי נתוני הלמ"ס ו- OECD

Not against Haredim or anyone elsein favor of equality

Source: Dan Ben-David, Taub Center and Tel Aviv University

Foreign academics in USA as percent of academicsin their home country 2003 - 2004

Israel’s Budgeted Higher Education Expenses 1980-2009as percent of per capita GNP

Source: Dan Ben-David, Taub Center and Tel Aviv University

What will be?

TVTV

Communi-

Communi-cationcation

world outlookworld outlook

the public agenda

the public agenda

Public spacePublic spaceprivacyprivacy

kashrutkashrut

ShabbatShabbat

”‘”‘allowed/forbiddenallowed/forbidden

””

billboardsbillboards

attireattire

public public transportationtransportation

the street…the street…

rulings by Halacharulings by Halacha

school school curriculum

curriculum

modestymodesty

Torah

Torah education

education

welfarewelfare

Religious Religious

interestsinterests

public norms

public norms

marriage and marriage and divorce

divorce

courtscourts

the political-the political-security agendasecurity agenda

Rabbis, sages Rabbis, sages halachic decisions

halachic decisions

cultureculture

As society changesAs society changes……

How to change direction?How to change direction?

Petitions, demonstrations?Petitions, demonstrations? introduce important values into the public’s consciousness, gain introduce important values into the public’s consciousness, gain citizen involvementcitizen involvement limited impact or long term affectlimited impact or long term affect

Set up a political party?Set up a political party? focused agenda; success changes reality; focused agenda; success changes reality; requires major funding; chances of success are almost zerorequires major funding; chances of success are almost zero

Join parties, influence from within?Join parties, influence from within? limited investment significant influence , group power;limited investment significant influence , group power; hard work to get people to join the political process, organizational hard work to get people to join the political process, organizational basis; disciplinebasis; discipline

The Primaries SystemThe Primaries System

The of the vote in the primaries is significantly greater The of the vote in the primaries is significantly greater than that in the national elections. than that in the national elections.

You choose the coach and the team! You are one of You choose the coach and the team! You are one of only tens of thousands who decide the party list and only tens of thousands who decide the party list and

who will get power in the Knessetwho will get power in the Knesset

KADIMADirect influence

LIKUDDirect influence

LABORDirect influence

Yisrael BeitenuIndirect influence

MERETZIndirect influence

SHASNo influence

What influence can we What influence can we have on party slateshave on party slates ? ?

Party number of party members

number of party members who voted in the primaries

% of voters in the primaries

Kadima74,00040,00054%

Likud118,00037,00031%

Labor100,00067,00067%

In the last primaries In the last primaries for party leadership…for party leadership…

X 20X 300

X 7,000

X 1,500

1:4311:2,0001:10,0001:143,0001:3,137,064

Just think…Just think…

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Politics! Me???Politics! Me???

Who is the leader?1.1.

Who is on the slate? 2.2.Where will my vote have the greatest

impact? 3.3.What is my gut feeling? 4.4.

Chances of being in the government? 5.5.

How to decide How to decide which party to joinwhich party to join

The objectiveThe objective: : to activate pluralistic blocs in each party to activate pluralistic blocs in each party

The idea:The idea:

ProvideProvide party members with information about candidates’ party members with information about candidates’ voting history, attitudes to pluralism, state and religionvoting history, attitudes to pluralism, state and religion

Encourage members of Masorti, Reform, liberal Orthodox and secular communities to join the party of their choice

Position Reports on statements made by MKs regarding freedom of religion and freedom from

religion

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Follow up on legislators’ voting in regard to bills concerned with religious concerns, to state and religion

Limitations on Limitations on Rabbinical Courts‘ Rabbinical Courts‘

authorityauthority

On the Forum’s agendaOn the Forum’s agendaCore curriculum Core curriculum for all for all

government -government -funded schoolsfunded schools

Choice in Choice in burial burial

proceduresprocedures

Institutionalized discrimination against Institutionalized discrimination against non-Orthodox movementsnon-Orthodox movements

Army or national Army or national service for allservice for all

Equality in Equality in conversionconversion

Recognition of Recognition of non-Orthodox non-Orthodox

marriagesmarriages

Revision of Revision of stipends forstipends for

Haredi yeshiva Haredi yeshiva studentsstudents

No gender No gender separation separation in public in public placesplacesFreedom of religion and Freedom of religion and

ConscienceConscience

So- what to do?So- what to do?

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