In Israel, 25,000 seminary students raised funds for yeshivas — Jerusalem Post
In Israel, 25,000 female seminary students joined a telephone fundraising campaign for the Keren Olam Hatorah organization, which supports yeshivas. As reported by the Jerusalem Post, the campaign was held after the Israeli government cut yeshiva budgets over the issue of conscripting students of ultra-Orthodox educational institutions.
More than 11 million shekels
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, the campaign participants raised more than 11 million Israeli shekels. An individual fundraising target of 8,400 shekels was set for each student.
The students received no compensation for participating in the fundraising, and the campaign took place during the school day. During the event, rabbis addressed the students with speeches while standing behind a curtain.
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High Court of Justice decision
Earlier this month, Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously struck down a law that was intended to protect ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from arrest, investigation and other procedures in draft evasion cases.
The court concluded that the coalition had used a fundamentally improper legislative process, depriving the Israel Defense Forces of important tools for enforcing conscription requirements. Eight of the nine judges also found the substance of the law unconstitutional, as it protected one group from criminal prosecution while maintaining for its members the legal obligation to report for military conscription. The law never entered into force: Justice Ofer Grosskopf suspended it on July 15, and the full nine-judge court upheld that decision after hearings.
