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Ministry of Religious Services

The Ministry of Religious Services (Hebrew: המשרד לשירותי דת, romanizedHaMisrad leSherutay Dat), formerly the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ministry of Religion, is a government ministry of Israel that handles Jewish religious affairs.

Agency overview

1949, 2008

2003

Responsibilities[edit]

The Ministry of Religious Services appoints religious councils and covers 40% of the shortfall in approved budgets for religious facilities and services; grants financial assistance to yeshivas; plans and finances the construction and renovation of synagogues and ritual baths; supervises Jewish holy places; organizes Torah teaching activities and outreach; organizes public religious celebrations; cultivates religious ties with Diaspora Jewry; certifies kashrut in public and government institutions; coordinates religious services of non-Jewish groups in Israel; plans supplementary religious education for underprivileged youth; provides Jewish ritual articles to new immigrants, schools and the needy; and provides budgets for the Chief Rabbinate and rabbinical courts.[1]

Gov.il: Ministry of Religious Services