For more than 70 years, we have been witnesses to the modern miracle that is the State of Israel. The aim of its founders was to build a state that would serve as both a refuge and a homeland for the Jewish people. In this effort, they achieved unimaginable success. Today Israel is a leader...
A recent Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) report that highlighted stagnant workforce integration among haredi men has prompted a number of observers and commentators to question the premise of continued investment in higher education for haredim. But a careful look beyond the numbers shows that Israel still stands to gain a substantial return on that investment. The employment...
It’s Shabbat eve for the Beresheet lunar lander, Israel’s first spacecraft, which is on track to land on the moon on April 11. How will the first Jewish spacecraft be operated on Shabbat without violating Jewish law? Arutz Sheva interviewed staff members of Beresheet who are involved in the research, consultation and technology needed to...
MK Yizhar Shai from the Blue and White Party, expressed his belief that the Israeli economy has much to gain from the ultra-Orthodox community while touring the Jerusalem College of Technology Lev Academic Center (JCT). “Approximately 4,500 students learn here and some 2,000 of those are male and female Haredi students. Integrating these students can...
When Israeli ultra-Orthodox girls like Zahava finish high school, they enter a two-year seminary. Zahava, now a 21-year-old newlywed, chose a seminary that teaches computer programming. “I love math and logic,” she tells ISRAEL21c. However, seminaries grant a certificate rather than a degree, limiting graduates’ employment options and earning potential. That’s a significant problem because...
Picture this: a student who has been described as “off the charts bright” graduates from one of Israel’s major academic institutions specializing in hi-tech. After graduation, as a part of a highly selective and intensive software engineering and computer science training, the student reaches the final round of a national cyber security contest and shortly...
As a former yeshiva student, it’s challenging balancing higher education, a high-tech career and a significant emphasis on Torah study. But it can be done. There’s a common idea in secular society that religious studies and academic life are mutually exclusive. This perception may stem from the idea that religious beliefs and critical thinking are at odds...
As the “start-up nation” looks to fortify its reputation as a global hub of entrepreneurship, the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) and the Yedidut Toronto Foundation’s Career 21 initiative have launched a new course aimed at fostering the integration of Israel’s Haredi and National Religious communities into the high-tech industry. The course, “Z-Skills: From Academia...
A new course by the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) and the Yedidut Toronto Foundation’s Career 21 initiative aims to help prepare religious and haredi students at JCT to enter the hi-tech industry. The “Z-Skills: From Academia to Employment” course will help third- and fourth-year undergraduate computer science students at JCT gain the knowledge and...
With the COVID-19 pandemic creating unprecedented health, economic, and social challenges that are best solved by cutting-edge technologies and the entrepreneurs behind them, the present day should represent a defining moment for Israel’s “start-up nation” identity. Indeed, it is — but not in the way conventional wisdom would dictate. At this time when the innovative strands...
