Weekly Commentary: When Addressing Haredis Important To Understand They Are Clueless Of Their True Contribution To Economy

Weekly Commentary: When Addressing Haredis Important To Understand They Are
Clueless Of Their True Contribution To Economy
Dr. Aaron Lerner 29 February 2024

The security situation and the economic situation has caused the general
Israeli society to be particularly concerned about the need to convince
Haredi society to stop choosing a life of poverty which is a burden to the
economy while they do not generally participate in the defense of the Jewish
State.

But it is important for us to understand that the Haredis, in general, are
genuinely clueless regarding this reality.

While this poll was carried out before we plunged into the October 7th
nightmare my sense is that the needle has barely budged.

The best indication of this is that Haredi politicians has reacted to calls
for Haredis to serve in the army by threatening to bring down the government
rather than plead for understanding.

Poll of Haredis: 8.3% think contribute less than others to the economy while
88.5% say get less from the State and 47.3% think contribute more to
nation’s security

1. In your opinion do Haredis contribute more or less than the other sectors
to the nation’s economy?
More 39.8%
Around the same 47.3%
Less 8.3%
Don’t know 3%

2. In your opinion do Haredis receive more or less from the state than other
sectors in terms of infrastructure, budgets and service to the citizen?
More 0.8%
Around the same 7.8%
Less 88.5%
Don’t know 3%

3. In your opinion to Haredis contribute more or less than other sectors to
the security of the nation?
More 47.3%
Around the same 29.8%
Less 20%
Don’t know 3%

Telephone poll of 400 respondents from the Haredi sector carried out on 25
May through 3 June 2023 of a representative sample of the sector. Sample
error less than +/- 4.9% The poll was carried out by Askaria, a company
located in Bnei Brak which specializes in carrying out in depth studies of
the Haredi sector. Published in the Hebrew edition of Haaretz on 13 July
2023.

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