High Court bars transfer of NIS 1 billion to Haredi schools allegedly not teaching core curriculum

31 December 2025, 7:20 pm

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Ultra-Orthodox children dressed up in costumes at their cheder in Jerusalem, several days before the Jewish holiday of Purim, March 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The High Court of Justice has issued an order temporarily blocking the transfer of some NIS 1 billion ($314 million) to ultra-Orthodox schools that are accused of not teaching the core curriculum subjects to students as required by law.

The court’s interim injunction is in response to a petition against the transfer submitted by lawmakers from the opposition’s Yesh Atid party.

The transfer had been approved by the coalition-controlled Finance Committee of the Knesset last week.

The court injunction says that a panel of judges will hold a hearing on the petition by January 8, 2026. The Finance Committee, the Education Ministry and the Finance Ministry will have until then to submit a response to the petition justifying the transfer of funds to the Haredi schools in question.