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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

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Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef sells the hametz (leavened food) of the State of Israel ahead of the upcoming Passover holiday, in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 6:59 am
Outgoing chief rabbi says High Court justices ‘can’t hold a candle to our rabbis’
Assailing top court over ultra-Orthodox draft one last time before ending his 11-year tenure, Yitzhak Yosef adds another controversial remark to his résumé
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men near a sign reading 'army recruitment office' during a protest against the drafting of Haredim to the military, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2024, 2:05 pm
In historic ruling, High Court says government must draft Haredi men into IDF
Unanimous decision also says state is barred from financially supporting yeshivas whose students are eligible for the draft, noting, ‘Burden of inequality is more acute than ever’
By Jeremy Sharon
Ultra-Orthodox men study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, on August 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 7, 2024, 8:36 am
Inside the government-funded group arranging IDF exemptions for yeshiva students
Israel’s wartime budget includes millions of shekels for the Vaad HaYeshivot, despite a manpower shortage forcing the army to extend reservists’ mandatory service period
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Yeshiva students study at the Mir Brachfeld yeshiva in Modi'in Ilit on August 26, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
July 30, 2023, 5:37 am
Cabinet to discuss siphoning NIS 164 million from ministries to fund yeshiva students
Proposal, put on agenda late Saturday night, would include an across-the-board budget cut to fund move demanded by Haredi parties; Lapid: This government ‘doesn’t have a heart’
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Students study at a yeshiva in Jerusalem, September 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 17, 2023, 12:35 pm
Coalition said working to budget another NIS 100 million for Haredi yeshiva students
Report says ministers considering across-the-board spending cut to raise stipends for ultra-Orthodox men who choose religious study over work and mandatory military service
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men study in the Lithuanian Slabodka yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, July 8, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
May 9, 2023, 8:51 pm
Stipends for married yeshiva students to nearly double in state budget – reports
Other projects set to receive millions of shekels include education program to counter Jewish assimilation abroad and advice on Orthodox family purity
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students study at a yeshiva in Jerusalem, September 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 11, 2022, 7:38 pm
Likud, religious allies said to agree on near-doubling stipends for yeshiva students
Report says likely new coalition to raise monthly handouts to $380, slightly more than soldiers in non-combat units receive, costing taxpayers an additional $439 million a year
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Finance Minister Avigdor Libeman at the opening of a meeting of the ministerial socioeconomic committee, February 15, 2022. (YouTube)
February 15, 2022, 12:28 pm
Liberman: Ultra-Orthodox to get stipends for fewer study hours, so men can get jobs
At first meeting of ministerial socioeconomic committee of new government, finance minister says he aims to bring more Haredi men, Arab women into workforce
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Teachers clean a classroom at a daycare center in Modiin on May 7, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
July 14, 2021, 3:46 pm
Liberman delays cut to daycare subsidies for children of yeshiva students
Finance, economy ministries say policy denounced by ultra-Orthodox won’t take effect until November 1, to allow more time for preparation
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2021, 8:08 pm
Liberman says axed daycare subsidies will fund efforts against domestic violence
Finance minister allots $32 million for shelters for battered women, programs for violent men; asserts plan to slash funds for full-time Torah students will help ultra-Orthodox
By Raoul Wootliff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2021, 5:50 pm
Liberman cancels daycare subsidies for kids of full-time yeshiva students
New finance minister announces only families in which both parents work part-time are eligible for NIS 1,000 monthly benefit; Haredi MKs slam ‘destructive and wicked’ move
By ToI Staff
Illustrtive: Brazilian immigrants to Israel in May 2020. (Olim do Brasil NGO via JTA)
August 4, 2020, 2:25 pm
Knesset panel mulls opening of skies, as thousands of students get okay to enter
With relatives of Israelis refused entry, committee chair says there should be ‘one rule for all’; Health Ministry opposes mass pilgrimage to Hasidic rabbi’s grave in Ukraine
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Masa Israel fellows deliver flowers to Holocaust survivors, (Courtesy via JTA)
August 4, 2020, 2:22 am
Deri defends entry of 17,000 foreign students: We can’t keep Jews out of Israel
Opposition MKs slam coronavirus czar for decision, say country will pay a ‘heavy price’ for allowing students in at a time when most non-Israelis are barred
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jewish men study torah in small groups at the Orot Shaul Yeshiva in Tel Aviv on July 7, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
August 3, 2020, 4:09 pm
Opposition MKs rap virus czar for approving entry of 17,000 foreign students
Liberman warns Israel will pay a ‘heavy price’ for decision, accuses Ronni Gamzu of ‘failed decision-making’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Yeshiva students study at the Mir Brachfeld yeshiva in Modi'in Ilit on August 26, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
August 3, 2020, 11:50 am
Coronavirus czar okays entry of around 17,000 foreign students to Israel
Days after signaling opposition, Ronni Gamzu approves plan to allow in thousands of yeshiva and university students, warns against violating quarantine conditions
By ToI Staff
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