The Center for Jewish and Democratic Education

Center Members

Shai Katzir

I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Leadership and Policy in Education, University of Haifa. My Ph.D. explores educational reforms in Haredi schools for boys.

I am a graduate of Haredi schools and yeshivas, BED in Special Education (Oranim College), MED in Educational Management and Organization (Oranim College), and a pre-Ph.D. program (University of Haifa). For the past 17 years, I have been working in various teaching and managing positions in Haredi schools. Currently, I work as a teacher and year coordinator at a Haredi school and as a lecturer and pedagogical instructor at Ahia seminar for Haredi teachers.

Publications:

Books

Katzir, S., & Perry-Hazan, L. (2018). The Haredi National Education stream: From establishment to consolidation. Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute.

Articles

Katzir, S. & Perry-Hazan, L. (2018). Legitimizing public schooling and innovative education policies in strict religious communities: The story of the new Haredi public education stream in Israel. Journal of Education Policy, 1-27.https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2018.1438671

Presentations

2017 – "Transition Processes of Haredi Schools to the Public Education in a Lawless Space", in the conference "Law and Society: Interdisciplinary Aspects, Annual Conference of the Israeli Law and Society Association" (Faculty of Law, Netanya Academic College).

2017 – "How to Promote 'Coincidence of Wants' between Education Policy and ultra-Religious Schools? Exploring the Transition Processes of Haredi Schools to the National-Haredi Stream of the Official Education", in the conference "Breaking the borders: Educational Leadership in Multicultural Reality, Conference Trends in Education Administration, Universities and Colleges" (Oranim College).