Halukah’s study-gated charity made Sephardim more receptive to trade schooling than Ashkenazim.

Evidence

No wonder then that they were more receptive to most of the trade education and work initiatives whereas Orthodox Ashkenazi circles usually opposed any kind of modern education. Women were often the neediest among the poor and were desperate to find work as this episode of the hundreds of applicants to Bezalel demonstrates. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 586 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The reality was that those who applied for jobs were often those who could not rely on charity for their livelihood. While the charity money for distribution among Jerusalem Jewry was getting smaller as the Jewish population grew bigger, it was not distributed evenly. Every community, based on its country or town of origin, had its own system. Among the Sephardim the gap between the better-off and the poor was wider than among the Ashkenazim, as the halukah money was given only to those who excelled in religious studies. No wonder then that they were more receptive to most of the trade education and work initiatives whereas Orthodox Ashkenazi circles usually opposed any kind of modern education. … It took several years until the department could claim some commercial success. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 595 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sephardi Jews were more receptive to modern trade education than Orthodox Ashkenazi Jews. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 586; The Sephardim were far more receptive to work training than the Ashkenazi — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 595; Halukah distribution schemes excluded poor Sephardim who lacked religious scholarship — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 586

Broader Connections

• Sephardi Jews were more receptive to modern trade education than Orthodox Ashkenazi Jews. #corroborates (0.95) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 586
• The Sephardim were far more receptive to work training than the Ashkenazi #corroborates (0.93) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 595