Members of Degel HaTorah's Vaad HaRabbonim, who were
appointed by Maran HaRav Eliashiv, shlita, to keep
watch over the purity of chareidi education in Eretz
Hakodesh, met in Bnei Brak to discuss a series of topical
issues.
HaRav Eliashiv asked the committee members—HaRav Boruch
Shmuel HaKohen Deutsch, HaRav Tzvi Friedman and HaRav Nosson
Zochovsky—to become involved in the issue due to the
decrees, enticements and inducements by government
figures.
Degel HaTorah MKs Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz and Rabbi Moshe Gafni
presented the committee with the policy government figures
have been promoting recently and the intolerable decrees they
are trying to impose on Torah-based educational institutions,
and provided a detailed, comprehensive survey of recent
developments.
The participants were presented with alarming testimonials,
data and documents on efforts to introduce curricula not
accepted by gedolei Yisroel into a number of
educational institutions for boys and girls, threatening to
make unprecedented breaches. The committee secretary was
asked to conduct a throughout inquiry by contacting the
principals involved and assessing the relevant government
documents.
Gedolei Yisroel are deeply disturbed by the recent
attempts to interfere in curricular matters and teacher
training at chareidi institutions and they oppose even the
slightest changes in the form of education handed down
through the generations.
Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita asked the members of Vaad
HaRabbonim to continue to follow developments closely and
stand watch over the purity of chareidi education.
