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Law for the Commemoration of the Memory of Rabbi Chaim Druckman, 5785-2025

חוק להנצחת זכרו של הרב חיים דרוקמן, תשפ"ה-2025

Published: 2025-01-19Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2025-01-23 · Last amended 2025-01-19✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Chapter I: Purpose of the Law

Purpose§

1.

The purpose of this Law is to establish a centre that shall commemorate for generations the work and heritage of Rabbi Chaim Druckman and his contribution to bringing together the various parts of Israeli society, out of love for the people of Israel, the Torah of Israel and the Land of Israel, in the spirit of the Torah and Halacha.

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Chapter II: Interpretation

Definitions§

2.

In this Law –

"State Archive" – the Genazach as defined in the Archives Law;

"Centre's Archive" – the archive of the Centre established under section 20;

"Archivist", "archival material" and "State institution" – as defined in the Archives Law;

"Archives Law" – the Archives Law, 5715-1955;

"Museum" – the museum established under section 23;

"Council for Higher Education" and "recognised institution of higher education" – as their meaning in the Council for Higher Education Law, 5718-1958;

"Public Council" – the Public Council established under section 5;

"Institute" – the Rabbi Chaim Druckman Research Institute established under section 18;

"Centre" – the Rabbi Chaim Druckman Heritage Centre established under section 3;

"Minister" – the Minister of Settlement and National Missions.

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Chapter III: The Institutions

Section A: The Centre, the Public Council and the Director of the Centre

Establishment of the Centre§
3.

The Centre for the Commemoration of the Memory of Rabbi Chaim Druckman is hereby established; the Centre shall include the Institute, the Centre's Archive and the Museum.

Status of the Centre§
4.
(a)The Centre is a corporation, capable of any obligation, right and legal act consistent with its character and nature as an incorporated body.
(b)The Centre is an audited body within the meaning of the State Comptroller Law, 5718-1958 [Consolidated Version].
The Public Council§
5.
(a)The Centre shall have a Public Council of 14 members, to be appointed by the Minister, as follows:
(1)five members who are State employees, namely: a representative to be selected by the Prime Minister from among the employees of his office, a representative to be selected by the Minister from among the employees of his office, a representative to be selected by the Minister of Finance from among the employees of his office, a representative to be selected by the Minister of Heritage from among the employees of his office, and a representative to be selected by the Minister of Education from among the employees of his office;
(2)the Archivist, or an employee of the State Archive upon the recommendation of the Archivist;
(3)a public representative who is an academic with knowledge and expertise in a field among the fields relevant to the purposes of the Law, in consultation with the Council for Higher Education;
(4)two public representatives who are intellectuals, rabbis, authors or poets with experience or expertise relating to the work or heritage of Rabbi Chaim Druckman;
(5)a representative of a youth movement or youth organisation that engages, in the framework of its activities, in the realisation of the purposes of this Law;
(6)a public representative who is substantially engaged in activities that realise the purposes of this Law, or a representative of a body that is substantially engaged in such activities, provided that it is a corporation incorporated in Israel;
(7)two public representatives upon the recommendation of the Council for State Religious Education within its meaning in section 13 of the State Education Law, 5713-1953;
(8)the head of the local authority within whose area the Centre operates, or an employee of that local authority, upon the recommendation of the head of the local authority.
(b)The Public Council, with the approval of the Minister, shall appoint from among its members the chairperson of the Council and the permanent deputy chairperson.
(c)A person who has been convicted of a criminal offence or a disciplinary offence that, by reason of its nature, gravity or circumstances, renders that person unfit to serve as a member of the Council, or against whom an indictment or a disciplinary complaint has been filed in respect of such an offence and a final judgment has not yet been given in the matter, shall not be appointed as a member of the Public Council.
Functions of the Public Council§
6.

The following are the functions of the Public Council:

(1)to determine the general policy of the Centre and to delineate its lines of action in accordance with the policy so determined;
(2)to monitor the realisation of the general policy of the Centre and the implementation of its work plans and budget;
(3)to approve the annual budget of the Centre and its annual work plan and to submit them for the approval of the Minister and the Minister of Finance;
(4)to supervise the performance of the functions of the Director of the Centre and the Director's activities, including receiving from the Director reports on the activities of the Centre;
(5)to appoint an internal auditor for the Centre, to deliberate on the reports submitted by the internal auditor and to determine conclusions.
Residual Power§
7.

A power of the Centre that has not been vested under this Law in another organ of the Centre may be exercised by the Public Council.

Procedures of the Public Council§
8.
(a)The Public Council shall convene at least twice a year and also upon the demand of at least half of its members.
(b)The chairperson of the Public Council shall conduct its meetings; the chairperson shall convene the meetings and determine their dates, venues and agendas, having regard inter alia to the proposals of the members of the Council; the quorum at meetings of the Public Council shall be a majority of its serving members, including the chairperson or the permanent deputy chairperson, but not fewer than seven members.
(c)Decisions of the Public Council shall be adopted by a majority of votes of the members of the Council participating in the vote; where the votes are equal, the chairperson of the Public Council shall have the casting vote.
(d)The Public Council shall maintain minutes of its meetings, and the Centre shall preserve them for a period of seven years from the date of the meeting; minutes that have been approved and signed by the member of the Council who conducted the meeting shall serve as prima facie evidence of their contents.
(e)The Public Council shall determine its own procedures to the extent that they have not been determined in or under this Law; the methods of work of the Council and its deliberation procedures shall be published on the website of the Ministry of Settlement and National Missions.
(f)In the absence of the chairperson of the Public Council, the permanent deputy chairperson shall act in the chairperson's place, for every matter under or by virtue of this Law.
Remuneration and Reimbursement of Expenses§
9.

Members of the Public Council shall not be entitled to remuneration for their membership of the Council; however, a member of the Public Council who is not a State employee, an employee of a budgeted body or an employee of a supported body shall be entitled to payment for participation in meetings of the Council in accordance with the provisions of the Wages Commissioner in the Ministry of Finance applicable to members of councils in corporations; in this section, "State employee", "employee of a budgeted body" and "employee of a supported body" – as defined in section 32 of the Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985.

Term of Office§
10.

The term of office of a member of the Public Council shall be four years, and it is possible to reappoint that person for additional terms of office; however, a member of the Council appointed under the provisions of section 5(a)(3) to (7) may be reappointed for one additional term of office, and may be reappointed again after a break of at least four consecutive years, provided that the member does not serve for more than two additional terms of office after the break referred to in this section.

Cessation of Office Before the End of the Term and Removal from Office§
11.
(a)A member of the Public Council shall cease to serve before the end of the member's term of office upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(1)the member resigned by delivering a letter of resignation to the Minister;
(2)the member ceased to be an employee of the Government ministry or a representative of the body that the member represents on the Council, and if the member is a public representative appointed under section 5(a)(3) to (7) – the member was appointed as a State employee.
(b)Where a circumstance set out below occurs, the Minister shall remove the member of the Public Council from office before the end of the member's term of office and promptly upon the occurrence of the circumstance, by written notice:
(1)the member was convicted of a criminal offence or a disciplinary offence that, by reason of its nature, gravity or circumstances, renders that person unfit to serve as a member of the Council, or an indictment or a disciplinary complaint was filed against the member in respect of such an offence and a final judgment has not yet been given in the matter;
(2)one of the circumstances that disqualifies a person from being a member of the Public Council has arisen in respect of the member.
(c)The Minister, after consulting the chairperson of the Public Council, may remove a member of the Council from office before the end of the member's term of office for any of the following reasons:
(1)the member is permanently unable to fulfil the member's functions;
(2)the member was absent without justifiable cause from three consecutive meetings or from all the meetings held during an activity year.
(d)The Minister shall not remove a member of the Council from office under the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) except after affording the member an opportunity to state the member's arguments.
(e)Where a member of the Public Council has ceased to serve under the provisions of this section, the Minister shall act to appoint another member in that member's place as soon as practicable.
Validity of Acts§
12.

The existence of the Public Council, its powers and the validity of its decisions shall not be affected by reason of a vacancy in the seat of one of its members or by reason of a defect in the appointment or continuation of service of a member, provided that a majority of the members of the Council are lawfully serving.

Director of the Centre§
13.
(a)The Public Council, with the approval of the Minister, shall appoint a director for the Centre.
(b)The Director of the Centre shall be appointed for a period of five years, and the Public Council may reappoint the Director, with the approval of the Minister, for one additional term of office.
(c)The Public Council, with the approval of the Minister and the Minister of Finance, shall determine the salary and conditions of employment of the Director of the Centre.
Functions of the Director of the Centre§
14.

The functions of the Director of the Centre are:

(1)management of the Centre, including management of the Institute, the Centre's Archive and the Museum;
(2)implementation of the decisions of the Public Council;
(3)preparation of the annual work plan and the annual budget of the Centre and bringing them for the approval of the Public Council;
(4)reporting to the Public Council on the activities of the Centre, including the activities of the Institute, the Centre's Archive and the Museum, as well as preparation of an annual report on such activities and submission thereof to the Public Council and to the Minister once a year.
Expiry of Office of the Director of the Centre§
15.
(a)The Director of the Centre shall cease to serve before the end of the Director's term of office in any of the following circumstances:
(1)the Director resigned by delivering a letter of resignation to the Minister and to the chairperson of the Council;
(2)the Council decided to terminate the Director's office by a majority of at least two-thirds of all its serving members, provided that the decision was adopted with the agreement of at least seven members;
(3)the Director was convicted of a criminal offence or a disciplinary offence that, by reason of its nature, gravity or circumstances, renders that person unfit to serve as Director of the Centre.
(b)Where an indictment or a disciplinary complaint has been filed against the Director of the Centre in respect of an offence referred to in subsection (a)(3) and a final judgment has not yet been given in the matter, the Council may, with the approval of the Minister, remove the Director from office, after affording the Director an opportunity to state the Director's arguments.
(c)Where the Director of the Centre has ceased to serve under the provisions of this section, the Council shall act in accordance with the provisions of section 13 to appoint a director in the Director's place as soon as practicable.
Internal Auditor§
16.

The Council shall appoint an internal auditor for the Centre who shall act in accordance with the provisions of the Internal Audit Law, 5752-1992; the internal auditor shall submit to the Council a report on the auditor's findings.

Audit Committee§
17.
(a)The Council shall appoint from among its members an audit committee of three members, provided that one of them shall be a member of the Council from among the State employees or the local authority within whose area the Centre operates, and two of them shall be members of the Council from among the public – one of whom shall be the chairperson of the committee; the chairperson of the Council shall not be a member of the audit committee.
(b)The audit committee shall –
(1)identify deficiencies in the management of the Centre and propose to the Council ways to rectify them;
(2)examine the internal audit system of the Centre and the performance of the internal auditor, as well as whether the resources and tools necessary for the internal auditor to fulfil the auditor's functions are at the auditor's disposal;
(3)examine the work plan of the internal auditor and the reports submitted by the internal auditor, and transmit them to the Council together with the committee's comments and recommendations;
(4)determine arrangements regarding the manner of handling complaints by employees of the Centre and the protection to be afforded to employees who made such complaints; such arrangements shall be published on the website of the Centre.
(c)The chairperson of the audit committee shall convene the audit committee for deliberation on matters placed on its agenda by the chairperson or by another member of the committee or by the Public Council, the Director of the Centre or the internal auditor.
(d)A person who is not a member of the audit committee shall not be present at meetings of the committee during deliberations and during the adoption of the committee's decisions, unless the chairperson of the committee or the committee has determined that the person is required for the purpose of presenting a particular matter; notwithstanding the foregoing, the internal auditor of the Centre shall receive notices of the holding of meetings of the audit committee and shall be entitled to participate in them.
(e)The audit committee shall submit to the Public Council and to the Director of the Centre a report on its activities, at least once a year.

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Section B: The Institute, the Scientific-Educational Committee, the Museum and the Centre's Archive

Institute for the Study of the Heritage of Rabbi Chaim Druckman§
18.
(a)The Centre may establish an institute for the study of the heritage of Rabbi Chaim Druckman; the Institute shall act to deepen and enrich knowledge in all matters relating to the heritage, history, public activity and Torah activity of Rabbi Chaim Druckman.
(b)The Institute shall conduct research and educational activities for the advancement of the purposes of this Law.
(c)The Institute shall maintain and operate a research and reference library that shall specialise in the fields referred to in subsection (a).
(d)The Institute shall publish research in the fields of its activity.
The Scientific-Educational Committee§
19.
(a)The Public Council, in consultation with the Director of the Centre, shall appoint a scientific-educational committee of seven members:
(1)two representatives who are academic staff members at recognised institutions of higher education in the country with expertise in fields of research and teaching relevant to the activities of the Centre, in consultation with the Council for Higher Education;
(2)a representative of the Israel National Academy of Sciences;
(3)three educators with expertise in fields relevant to the activities of the Centre;
(4)a representative of the local authority within whose area the Centre operates.
(b)The scientific-educational committee shall appoint from among its members the chairperson of the committee and the deputy chairperson.
(c)The chairperson of the scientific-educational committee shall conduct the meetings of the committee; the chairperson shall convene its meetings and determine their dates, venues and agendas; the provisions of section 8(b) to (f) shall apply to the procedures of the scientific-educational committee with the necessary modifications.
(d)The scientific-educational committee shall advise the Director of the Centre on every matter relating to the research and educational activity of the Institute.
(e)The provisions of sections 9 to 12 and 24 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, also to members of the scientific-educational committee.
Establishment of the Centre's Archive§
20.

The Centre may establish and operate an archive; the Centre's Archive shall form part of the State Archive, and the provisions of the Archives Law shall apply to it.

Treatment of Archival Material§
21.
(a)The treatment of archival material directly relating to the work and heritage of Rabbi Chaim Druckman, which has been transferred to the Centre's archive as provided in subsection (b) or which has been collected by the Centre, shall be within the purview of the Centre's archive.
(b)The Minister, after consulting with the Archivist of the State and with the Director of the Centre, shall prescribe by Regulations the types of archival material held in the State Archives or in a State institution that shall be transferred to the Centre's archive.
(c)Archival material as referred to in subsection (b) shall be transferred to the Centre's archive, in the original or in copy, in the manner directed by the Archivist of the State.
Person in Charge of the Centre's Archive§
22.

Upon the establishment of the Centre's archive, the Director of the Centre shall appoint the person in charge of the archive, with the approval of the Archivist of the State, and that person shall receive professional instructions and guidelines from the Archivist of the State.

Establishment and Operation of the Museum§
23.
(a)A commemoration museum shall be established at the Centre, which shall include an exhibition and exhibits on subjects relating to the purposes of this Law.
(b)The museum shall be open to the public, shall encourage visits from Israel and from abroad, and shall hold educational and information activities connected to the purposes of this Law.

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