Overview
- About 100 U.S. ultra-Orthodox donors signed the coalition's letter, with the published list notably including David Schottenstein.
- The policy conditions support on Torah institutions not publicly opposing, protesting, or delegitimizing the IDF, and it explicitly avoids taking a position on the draft debate.
- Organizers frame the stance as a response to rising global antisemitism and recent violent attacks, citing the massacre at Bondi Beach as a catalyst.
- The announcement drew sharp criticism within parts of the haredi community, with B’Chadrei Charedim calling it harmful and disrespectful to Israel’s leading Torah authorities.
- Several philanthropists declined to join and said they will keep donating unconditionally, while the coalition invites more signatories and underscores the leverage of U.S. giving, reported as exceeding $150 million in the past two years.