Israel to Ultra-Orthodox Kids: It's OK to Skip Math, English (1).

Some ultra-Orthodox schools do teach the core curriculum but others give short shrift to basic education, while still receiving a fixed percentage of the budgets that mainstream schools get from the state. Ultra-Orthodox parties last year also gutted another law passed by the previous government meant to require ultra-Orthodox men to serve in the army and encourage them to work. The overwhelming majority of ultra-Orthodox men have avoided service for decades by winning exemptions for state-subsidized religious study, then continue their studies after military age with the help of government stipends. [Extracted from the article]