(haipo) - The "Talli Orot" association, which operates the "Alma" school for ultra-Orthodox girls in Haifa, petitioned the district court against the Haifa municipality, after canceling its allocation for the school building.
The association, through lawyers David Dror and Yuval Grinstein, is asking the court to cancel the city council's decision of 2/7/24, according to which it must return the school building to the municipality.
The association also requests that the court order the municipality to refrain from contacting the parents of the schoolgirls to inform them about the intention to close the school. Through several orders, the association seeks to prevent the municipality from carrying out any action that would lead to the closing of the school, and even more, to assist the association so that it can renew its institution's symbol in front of the Ministry of Education. The lawyers emphasize that about 100 female students were enrolled in the school, that now, when the school year is about to begin, there is no possibility of preventing them from continuing their studies.
The association "Talli Orot" operates educational institutions - yeshiva, inclusive, kindergartens and schools, among others the "Alma" school in Haifa, a Torah school that includes middle school and high school, on Derech Hayam street in Haifa.
"foreign considerations"
In the petition, the lawyers claim that the reason for trying to close the school is motivated by extraneous considerations of the new government in Haifa. According to them, already in June of last year, the municipality was informed that the school is a growing school, in which both Haifa students and students belonging to the metropolis, but who are not Haifa, study there, and emphasize that when the municipality approved the allocation last year, it knew exactly where each of the students lived And yet the allocation was renewed. In addition, according to the petition, female students who come from outside of Haifa cater to Haifa female students when they enable the existence of the school.
"Discrimination for the sake of discrimination"
In the petition, the association claims that the only reason the municipality decided to cancel the allocation this year is the results of the recent municipal elections and the desire of the mayor, Yona Yahav, to narrow the steps of the students: "What and nothing - discrimination for the sake of discrimination and a desire to damage and fail an educational institution, and all this when the municipality has no substitute or an alternative school, and not even an alternative need for this area. The things are easy and material, in light of the fact that the municipality continues to use educational buildings contrary to their designation and the procedures of the Ministry of Education for the use of professionals or employees of the municipality and not at all for schools and educational institutions."
In the petition there is also a reference to the fact that the association, according to an agreement with the municipality, invested millions in the renovation of the building and other municipal buildings, the students relied on the fact that they would start studying in September 2024 at the school and the teachers assumed that they would continue to work there (the teacher can be notified of the non-employment only until 31/05 /24 - when the municipality's notification of the end of the allocation arrived after this date).
Also according to the petition, last year, when the permission for the building was approved, the municipality was aware that the number of female students outside of Haifa was greater than the number of female students in Haifa, and yet the permission was approved. Moreover, the municipality even claimed that in the list of female students that the association forwarded to it, there are also female students who do not study at the school at all. The association claims that this was a mistake in good faith, and that the list of all the female students who carry out activities in the high school building (during the summer, for example) was forwarded. According to her, the mistake It was corrected immediately when the municipality commented on it. According to the petitioner, there were defects in the first council meeting held on the subject of the school (on 4/6/24) and that the summons for the hearing (which took place on 26/6/24) was made two days in advance.
Another claim that comes up in the petition is that the municipality does not need the school building at all, and that in the compound where the school operates there are two other buildings built by the Ministry of Education that are not used for educational purposes. The association claims that it is not reasonable to evict it from the building when it is not known at all what the municipality intends to do with it, and this when there are two other nearby buildings that are not used for educational purposes.
"baseless reasons"
In the petition appears a letter from the head of the director of education and youth, Ilana Truk, dated 26/6/24, in which she states that 110 female students study at the school - of which 72 are foreign students, one student who appears on the list submitted by the school studies in the glory of Shlomo, 12 Haifa students study In practice, in other schools in the city, 17 female students have already completed their studies, 4 female students who do not exist in the system, 6 female students without placement and 3 female students with a placement note for the Alma School.
According to the petitioners, the correct figures for the 110 academic year are 38 female students, of which XNUMX are from Haifa and the rest are from the Haifa metropolis. Referring to this, the petition states that there are many other schools in Haifa where foreign students study, and the particular case in which Yahav ordered the schools to accept Druze students who live in the city is noted In Dalit al-Carmel and Usafia.
As a reminder, the association received a municipal building for its activities back in September 2020. Now the association requests that the court prevent the municipality from getting the building back by sea, because the reasons according to which the courtyards were used improperly and about difficulties surrounding the list of female students, are baseless.
"The municipality is doing something that should not be done"
City Council member Michy Alper:
"The municipality is doing something it should not do. In an insensitive move towards students, while undermining his commitment as mayor, as someone who trusts the Haifa education system, Mayor Yona Yahav is asking to close a school of 100 female students and harm the female students out of vindictive and political considerations, when the female students are the ones who will pay the The price, which is not acceptable in politics, is a default, in order to preserve the rights Such is not worthy of the public's trust and his judgment does not allow him to deal with the issues entrusted to the mayor of the state of Israel. In the case of Haifa, the lack of functioning of the municipality is evidence of this. It is possible to see that the streets are dirty and the city is not managed, but it is to hurt young girls.
The Haifa Municipality stated: "We will study the petition and respond, as usual, in court."
Do not lay your hand on the daughters of Israel.
Don't hurt their delicate soul.
Be wooed in this month, the month of mercy and forgiveness.
Those who send the religious and charming Haifa girls to Bnei Brak may have protected the city's pigs more.
Enough of the hate. Ask them for forgiveness. See them as your daughters or granddaughters. You know, it can happen. Love your people, all of them.
Isn't it time?
Pierre, sounds like a right step.
If there were only 3 Haifa students in the first year, the assignment was given fraudulently and not in good faith. It is clear that this is not revenge but doing justice.
There are enough other initiatives of the residents of the neighborhood who yearn for educational buildings and there are none.
There is no sense in an ultra-orthodox school in the heart of secular neighborhoods, whose residents have no buildings.
The Druze children from Medalit El Carmel and Usafia Yahav happily added to the education system in Haifa, but he decided to cancel the allocation of "Alma" because girls who are not residents of Haifa study there.
Yahav has not changed. His hatred for the ultra-orthodox public remained as it was.
Let them go to study in Bnei Brak, where the ultra-Orthodox are, the area looks like Gaza. I wonder if the municipality of Elad will finance a secular school in their city. Enroll them in a secular school
How fun it is to read on a website that a frustrated Alper quilt lives here.
The days of Einat Kalish Mr. Alper are over
You will suffer. As you took care of discrimination between Ashkenazim and Sephardim, you get measure for measure everything back.
May the court rule in favor of the municipality.
I am interested to see you say this to 110 parents whose students will be on the street next year without any educational framework. Even more interesting if one of your children were studying there what would you say. Take a tour of the school and you'll understand what I'm talking about. And only then write a comment when you know closely and not just throwing hateful slogans. It's a shame that soldiers die in battle because of gratuitous hatred from people like you. Shame.
The question is this: this is a deputy mayor who helped the association commit fraud against the municipality.
Why doesn't the Haifa municipality file a complaint with the police against Alper's actions and the defrauding of the municipality by the association?!
Shnir, are you arguing with Alvar at the expense of innocent girls? very sad
you know, i'm sick of reading or on television what's going on with the charedim, i never knew haifa to be uin this kind of contrivarsy. you have to accept the city hall decision, go to court so they can decide. try to l.ive in peace with each other.hyaifa always lived in peace,with unity nd love for each other,it became an ugly situation go back to the time we all helped each other.take part on doing good things for your city .
It is clear that the municipality did something that should not be done. She placed public order as a consideration in allocating to the ultra-Orthodox, who think they deserve everything. This is an act he will not do. in their opinion.
It's so sad that people write with such arrogance on the basis of air without any knowledge of the school at all. As one of the graduates it is very sad that if the school closes there will be 110 female students on the street with nowhere else to go. This is a school that accepts all populations, secular homes (like me for example) religious ultras and everyone studies under one roof and learns to accept the other and all out of immense love also on the part of the staff who always invest in a personal relationship and enjoyable activities. Because of people like you, the Land of Israel is at war! Enough with the hate already, when will you wake up and express an opinion about something you really believe in? Just a shame that you are part of our people. Just shame on you.
It was necessary to get donations and make a magnificent ultra-Orthodox center so that all of Haifa will repent. At least the parents must work...it is possible to make the white race for Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox only and ask only that they give and let them...the time has come to also develop the ultra-Orthodox area in Haifa like in Bnei Brak where everything is there...including work...and develop a city Haifa and the heart of the Gulf ..destroy all the old houses and punish those who neglect a city
Alma School is the type of ultra-Orthodox school that we as a secular society should encourage. Extended matriculation studies and art and lack of judgment regarding the origin and level of "Orthodox". You are invited to read the school's "I believe".
Any discrimination against Haredim is a mitzvah. Most of them are parasites who use the public purse without contributing anything.
In general, I completely disagree with you.
But in the case of Michael Alper - you are one million percent right.
Religion should be separated from the state in Israel! According to Or and former rabbi Yaron Yedan! The biggest baking is with the ultra-orthodox public! They don't accept Mizrahi girls with Ashkenazim, so stop confusing the brain
Every word is accurate!
What is special about this school is that both Sephardic and Ashkenazi women study there.
properly. We are all one people.
Haredim Markassim takeover of educational buildings in Haifa, over two-thirds Markassim female students.
There is no room for the insolence and boldness of a deputy mayor who is supposed to take care of the city's interest but harms it for the sectoral interest.
Why doesn't the municipality file a complaint with the police against the heads of the association for fraud?!