A Charedi member of the Knesset has sparked a backlash by saying that he would "donate clothes" to Israeli pop star Noa Kirel
Moshe Gafni, a leader of United Torah Judaism who heads the Knesset Finance Committee, spoke during a Knesset debate on the budget.
Facing criticism for increasing the budgets of Charedi schools, Gafni hit out at opposition parliamentarians and defended the Strictly Orthodox education system.
Referring to a school his granddaughter attends “All the core subjects are studied there and she works in high-tech. But there are people sitting here who say she doesn’t deserve it…. She learns not only the core curriculum, chemistry, algebra, she also learns about Judaism. And still receives only half the budget [per pupil that state schools get]. Why?” he said.
