Israel’s Deputy Education Minister Avi Wortzman recently said that the State of Israel should help Jewish youth in the Diaspora get a Jewish education.
Wortzman said that “The government of Israel must help children in the Diaspora obtain a Jewish education. If we allocate 55 billion shekels ($14.5 billion) a year to provide a Jewish education for children in Israel, it’s inconceivable that, for the rest of world Jewry, we barely provide one percent of that.”
In the past, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that he would work to secure $365 million annually from Israel’s budget for Jewish education. At the time, he noted, “For many years, Israeli officials have called on our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora… to donate your time, energies and funds to Israel.” Lieberman continued, “However, I turn to you today and say that, while we are enormously and forever grateful for your assistance, we believe it is now time to concentrate on the challenges facing your own communities, especially those emanating from the dangerous trends in the Jewish community demonstrated in the recent [Pew] survey.”
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