Several months after Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and the Supreme Court halted funding to yeshivos with bochurim eligible for the draft, the Chechnov Yeshivah in Jerusalem, one of the oldest yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael, has reached the brink of collapse, Kikar H’Shabbat reported on Thursday.
The parents of the bochurim in the yeshivah received a recorded message informing them that the yeshivah is on the brink of closure due to a lack of funds. Therefore, the yeshivah is launching a fundraising campaign with the goal of reaching a million dollars by the end of the week.
Among other things, the parents of the boys were told that any parent who did not contribute a sum of ten thousand shekels must sign a direct debit monthly payment for a considerable amount.
The yeshivah explained to the parents that donations from abroad began to significantly decrease during the COVID pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine exacerbated the situation. The Supreme Court’s order to suspend state funds of NIS 70,000 a month was the final straw.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
This unfortunately casts aspersions on our representatives. Can they say ידינו לא שפכו ?
I am against the cuts and all for yeshiva’s and i’m against the draft. However these numbers don’t add up
The Zionists’ fight against G-d and his Torah will end in only one way: the idol consigned to the dustbin of history sooner rather than later.
Please post info on how people can donate.
The Supreme Court’s order to suspend state funds of NIS 70,000 a month was the final straw. That’s about 200k a year, seems like they had financial issues before this and they are using this as a way to collect money. This money helped but isn’t the main source of money for these yeshivas.