Ateres attrition | Imamother

amother

OP ↓

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 8:10 am

We've heard that Ateres sem in Yerushalayim went from 45 girls at the start of the year down to 19 by the end. Was that all due to the war? My daughter is getting nervous at the thought of going there. I don't know how to ask or how you can answer without getting into lashon hara, but if anyone can share (PM me) their experiences/opinions of it, we'd appreciate it.

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Amelia Bedelia

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 9:02 am

amother OP wrote:

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Yes

amother

Canary ↓

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 9:36 am

Hi OP I'm not involved with Ateres, but isn't it obvious it's because of the war? Unless you've heard about other issues. Didn't lots of girls go home from other seminaries too? Did more leave from Ateres than the others?

amother

↑ OP

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 10:12 am

That was our first thought but she is nervous for other reasons. We haven't heard that other seminaries lost the same proportion of students.

amother

↑ Canary

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 10:35 am

amother OP wrote:

That was our first thought but she is nervous for other reasons. We haven't heard that other seminaries lost the same proportion of students.

What explanation, if any, does Ateres give for why so many girls left? I think it's a reasonable question to ask them.

amother

Tanzanite

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 10:40 am

I know someone who was there this year and it was not only because of the war. There were issues with the program itself and the hanhala not being so involved with the girls/the program

amother

Lilac ↓

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 10:46 am

I know someone who left. It was a disaster. She tired so hard to stick it out but it was just a massive fail. They didn’t leave because of the war. I would not send there.

amother

Snowflake

Sun, Jul 21 2024, 1:24 pm

No, the girls didn't leave because of the war (maybe one did). Many of those who left Ateres transferred to other seminaries.

amother

Green

Tue, Aug 20 2024, 4:11 am

I heard Ateres isn't opening this year at the end? Can someone confirm? Can the girls who registered get in elsewhere?

amother

Maroon ↓

Tue, Aug 20 2024, 4:42 am

I can confirm it isn’t opening. Not sure what the girls will do as the seminary really filled a niche. My guess is some will go to other places in Israel and some will go to other places in chul.

amother

Lime

Tue, Aug 20 2024, 5:00 am

amother Tanzanite wrote:

I know someone who was there this year and it was not only because of the war. There were issues with the program itself and the hanhala not being so involved with the girls/the program

Disclaimer: I know nothing about Ateres. However, being DLKZ, the war has knock-on effects that some of us are blissfully unaware of but that could have hit the hanhala hard : husbands or sons in the army, having to suddenly care for children and grandchildren without the father around etc etc etc, and so many other unplanned stresses.

Just sayin'.

amother

↑ Lilac

Tue, Aug 20 2024, 5:01 am

amother Lime wrote:

But this wasn’t the issue.

notshanarishona

Tue, Aug 20 2024, 5:13 am

I know a girl who went there and was sent home, not because of the war. This year was a disaster year for them.

amother

↑ Maroon

Tue, Aug 20 2024, 5:51 am

I feel bad for the school, the girls who were accepted and now have too scramble, the people who thought they had jobs and now don’t, it’s horrible all around.