The Ministry of Education has come through with its new requirements for yeshivot to get funding for foreign students.
A year ago the Ministry of Education announced that it will revoke the cancellation of the funding received for foreign students in yeshivot, but the funding will require yeshivot to give classes in Zionism and take the students on a certain number of trips to army bases and heritage sites.
The Ministry of Education has now sent out a letter to roshei yeshivot and heads of institutions letting them know of the new requirements.
The requirements include:
- a visit to a heritage site
- a visit to a Holocaust institution
- a visit to the Knesset or Supreme Court or some other governing office
- a visit to an army or border police unit
For heritage sites, the following are approved for this purpose:
Jerusalem:
- Kotel
- Shimon Hatzaddik's grave
- cave of Sanhedrin
-grave of Rav Ovadia MiBartenura
-grave of Zecharya Hanavi
-Yad Avshalom
Haifa:
- cave of Eliyahu Hanavi
Tiberias:
- grave of Rambam
-cave of Rabbi Akiva
-cave of Rav Chiya and snos
Meron:
- grave of Rashbi
Pekiin:
- cave and spring of Rashbi
- Jewish cemeteries
- graves of Rav Yosi and Rav Yehoshua ben Chananya
- old Synagogue
- new synagogue
for the Holocaust sites, included are: Yad Vashem, Massua Museum, Yad Mordechai Museum, Bet Trezin, Museum of the Ghetto fighters
for the governing offices, included are: Knesset, Supreme Court, government offices, local authority offices - it would have to be noted who from the office led the group and what was included.
If a yeshiva wants to visit a site not included in the list, they can contact the Ministry and clarify if that site meets the requirements and can be counted.
Obviously, the roshei yeshivot and askanim are upset at this intervention in the educational programs of the yeshivot.
source: Kikar
the heritage sites look pretty easy to accomplish. Most yeshiva guys go to most of those places anyway. And they are places the yeshivot should generally not have any problem with. The Holocaust Museums as well.
the army bases and the government offices could be a problem.
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