Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Haredi Pros and Cons

Here are two amusing-but-serious columns about the relations between the Haredi part of Israeli society and the rest. The first, by Shachar Ilan, a secular observer and critic, until recently at Haaretz, offers 18 positive things about the Haredis. In response, Yaacov Rivlin, a Haredi blogger, finds 18 positive things to say about the secular Israelis. (Though his mostly Haredi readers rather disagree with him).

I don't have the time to translate right now, so Hebrew-challenged readers need not follow the links, alas. Here's one from each side:
Ilan about the Haredi: They read. Really.
Rivlin about the secular: Every few years they go to the polls and vote according to their own decision.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

On can copy the headline and google it.
So one receive the google link to The Marker Café's articles with the opportunity to chose a translated version.
Works fine in Germany with a satisfying result. :-)

Regards

Carl

t34zakat said...

You can also put the url directly into google translate.
http://translate.google.ca/#iw|en|

On a few points the software gives up, but most of it's understandable.