A report by Grovis highlights the Israel Hofshit movement's High Court petition to halt local authority funding for yeshiva students, characterizing the legal challenge as a 'dramatic' step in what it calls the 'persecution' of Torah learners. The petition argues that municipalities, particularly in Haredi cities, allocate significant funds for events and benefits for yeshiva students and kollel members.
A new report by Grovis highlights the petition filed by the Israel Hofshit movement with the High Court of Justice, demanding that local authorities stop funding institutions for Torah learners. The report describes the petition as a 'dramatic' step in what it terms the 'persecution' of Torah learners.
The Zioneer reported on the petition earlier today. The petition argues that municipalities, especially in Haredi cities, allocate significant public funds for events and benefits for yeshiva students and kollel members.
The legal challenge is part of a broader pattern of High Court petitions concerning the funding of religious education and the status of yeshiva students. The Zioneer has previously covered petitions by the Movement for Quality Government against the Basic Law: Torah Study, as well as a state admission that religious-state schools receive higher funding, and a petition by the same Israel Hofshit movement to strip tax benefits from yeshivas housing draft dodgers.
The petition's outcome remains pending.
2 developments
- DevelopingState urges High Court to strip tax benefits from yeshivas housing draft dodgers — analysis reveals 430M shekel annual savings
- DevelopingIsraeli leaders sign petition against haredi draft bill
- StrongLeft-wing groups petition High Court to cut religious-state school funding
- StrongMovement for Quality Government petitions High Court against Basic Law: Torah Study
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