Makor HaTikvah, the only government-funded primary school for Messianic Jewish children in Jerusalem, has earned the right to continue operating–at least through the end of the school year.

According to the Jerusalem Institute of Justice (JIJ), "The Court ruled that Makor HaTikvah will stay open until the end of the present school year, and have the opportunity to receive a license for the next school year, based upon the standard requirements of the State."

The school's quest to receive state recognition has been a three-year process, but the Board of Health approved Makor HaTikvah late last fall. Yet, debate over the school's status arose quickly. According to the school's newsletter:

On March 5th, we were served with an Order to Close down our school by the State of Israel. This came as a result of our mistakenly not filing for a license renewal in the year of 2012 (something we just didn't know we had to do). Additionally, our request for State recognition, already a 3-year process, was ...

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