|
|
NEWS
Maranan Verabonon Warn Against Government Attempt to Force
Third Year at Women's Seminaries
by Betzalel Kahn
Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, HaRav Aharon Leib
Shteinman and HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz shlita
issued a special notice warning against an attempt by the
Education Ministry to force seminaries to add a third year of
studies and academic coursework for teachers-in-training.
Based on their demand, the Education Ministry has withheld
funds from the seminaries.
The budget agreement signed with UTJ at the beginning of the
current government a few months ago, included a decision to
earmark tens of millions of shekels in budget funds for
seminaries. Recently it was learned that the Education
Ministry is making the transfer of this funding contingent on
committing to add a third year to seminary study programs,
although gedolei Yisroel were reluctant to allow even
a second year and are adamantly opposed to a third year. MK
Rabbi Moshe Gafni was told not to have funds transferred
until the Education Ministry order was changed and to launch
a campaign against the decree.
In light of the Education Ministry's latest attempts to
interfere with study arrangements at the seminaries,
principals were given clear instructions not to accept any
funding with this stipulation attached to it.
See the following letters written by:
Maranan Verabonon
Rav Wosner
|
