Newly secular receive scholarships/ By Yaakov Lappin, in Ynet News, Israel Activism
Newly secular youths collectively received NIS 500,000 (about $122,000) in university scholarships last week during an awards ceremony held by the Hillel charity in Tel Aviv.
Non-profit Hillel, which helps haredim seeking different life, is usually contacted by around 350 youngsters annually, mostly aged 19-25, but requests doubled as pandemic took