National Gov't Funding to Yeshivos Halted - Yeshiva World News

In August 2012, YWN-ISRAEL reported that a petition was filed with the High Court of Justice to halt national government funding for yeshivos. The petition targeted the Ministry of Education, based on the fact that the abolition of the Tal Law removed any legal basis for state funding of yeshivos for avreichim evading IDF service. The court instructed the ministry to respond to the petition.

According to Kol Berama Radio?s Yaakov Rivlin, the ministry has decided to hold funding for yeshivos at this stage, until such time new criteria is established to address avreichim learning instead of serving in the military.

It appears that until such time new criteria is set into place; yeshivos will not receive ministry funds, which will have a profound negative impact ahead of the Yomim Nora?im. There is no news of a timetable until the new criteria is set into place.

The report adds that roshei yeshiva and roshei kollelim are screaming for minimum funding in the hope of paying something ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

The petitioners called upon the nation?s highest court to order a halt to funding for 54,000 avreichim since the legal framework for that funding in the past no longer exists.

The halting of funds is relevant to Hesder Yeshivot as well, since with the abolition of the Tal Law the hesder framework has also lost its legal framework.

(YWN ? Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

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