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of life", but with an attempt to separate between the segments of the population on a sectarian basis, and this under the guise of cultural difference. The preference of students from a certain group to get into the Hasidic trend, while piling on bureaucratic difficulties for parents from a different group wanting to register their daughters to this trend, severely violates their right to Equality. Same is with school's demand to the parents of students that they live by the religion standard of the institution, and the request—that's good that it was omitted from the provisions of the regulations—that the Prayer language would be only in the Ashkenazi accent.

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education administration on the subject, which agreed to establish a separate department in the school, but opposed the establishment of a separate school, and demanded that the school administration be common to both departments. And the curriculum will be shared.According to the report, there was in fact a complete separation between the two majors, a separation that included the administration, the teachers' room, the uniform and the breaks in the yard. The report cites a letter from the Independent Education Administration stating that the actual separation was known to her, but she refrained from taking action to stop the separation.

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institution must enable each student that meets the terms of the relevant threshold, and is willing to adopt the accompanying lifestyle, to learn where he wants. Above all, it is clear that a student's ethnicity isn't a relevant condition for applying to a certain trend, and that creating a separation in one institution—by separating the students throughout the entire learning day; the introduction of a different uniform; separation of staff room; and the collection of extra fees—isn't a relevant measure for the purpose of the student's studies. The educational institution may distinguish between students just for the studies

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institutions. These complaints mostly referred to seminars, in which it was argued that there was a pre-determined quota by the school, which limited the number of students from Eastern denominations who could be admitted to it. Among other things, it was claimed that the discrimination was legitimized following the decision of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community, who set a quota that requires seminary directors to accept Spanish students at least 30% every year, for affirmative action. And the percentage of students from the East did not exceed this percentage.

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the American model of government checks and balances to Aaron Barak's concept of law: "In Barak's conception of the separation of powers, the judicial power is unlimited. ... What he means by separation of powers is that the executive and legislative branches are to have no degree of control over the judicial branch. ... If each of the powers (executive, legislative, and judicial) were administered by a branch that was wholly independent and thus could ignore the others, the result would be chaos. The branches have to be mutually dependent ...

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Mizrahi origin. The parents' opposition was led by Ezra Gershi, who was later elected chairman of the council in Emanuel. MK Yaakov Margi, who then served as chairman of the Shas faction in the Knesset, also joined the appeal. Shlomit Amichai, to the independent education center to cancel the separation in the school and return the situation to its normal state within a limited time, with the warning that if the instruction is not carried out, the revocation of the school's license will be considered.

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Separate facilities. The uniform was also changed to differentiate between the students of the two schools, and it was argued that the break hours were also adjusted so that the students from the two majors did not meet. The Hassidic major, most (73%) of Ashkenazi descent. Officially, the old school principal also served as the new school principal. In both majors, about 215 students studied, in grades 1-8.

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years, and when everybody sent their children to the same school it was a recipe for disaster. We asked for stricter rules that would comply with our standards but this wasn't suitable for other parents. It became clear to both sides that we need to part ways, and simply turn to the model that's already implemented in all other Haredi centers", the parents association told the media.

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the Mizrahi students. There were huge demonstrations in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem. A compromise reached between the parties led to the parents' release from prison, and with the approval of the Ministry of Education, a separate Hassidic school was opened for girls, which the state and local council prevented from budgeting That they meet the conditions of admission to the institution.

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On 18 June 2010 two of the parents lodged an emergency appeal against their imprisonment. The appeal is on the grounds of lack of due process, since the parents were never given a hearing in their alleged contempt of court. Another appeal was lodged on 20 June 2010 by Shurat Hadin on the grounds that

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The parents of the Chassidic school then sent their daughters to a Chassidic school in Bnei Brak. After one day,the court forbid the parents to send their daughters to the school in Bnei Brak or any other school besides the original Beis Yaakov, or even home school them, lest they be held in contempt

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This discrimination was also clearly expressed in the 'School code' that was brought for approval to the Director-General of the Education Ministry, and a handful of its articles were mentioned above. A review of the code reveals that we aren't dealing with "a trend that aims to teach the Hasidic way

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This determination is based first of all on the end result which shows that there were actually two departments in the school. These departments—which were first known as two completely separate schools, and then just two trends—were characterized by a non-accidental segmented population, that points

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wrote the ruling. In his syllabus he quotes the Bass Report, which concluded that there was no ethnic discrimination, and that the separation was based only on religious criteria because the "Hasidim aren't interested to reveal their daughters to a modern lifestyle, which includes, according to them,

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give to their children—in terms of dress, exposure to television and media, music, choice of careers, etc. In fact the new track adopted rules identical to those in force at all other Haredi institutions throughout the country. "The nature of the population in Immanuel changed drastically in previous

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Some of the parents of students of Mizrahi origin, who opposed the separation, filed a complaint with the Ministry of Education in August 2007, stating that the separation was against an ethnic background and a general ethnic conflict in Emanuel, and that the separation discriminated against girls of

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Allegations in the media arose in 2007 about the physical separation of the new school from the old. Attorney Mordechai Bass notes on page 7 of his fifteen-page report: "The yard surrounds the school from four directions, and the girls (from both schools) are able to see and play with each other. The

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In the fall of 2007 two new schools were founded: the Beis Yaakov Chasidi and Ohel Rachel VeLeah. The Beis Yaakov Chasidi consisted of first through eighth grades, and was placed in the vacated part of the original Beis Yaakov that had housed the high school until the high school got its own building

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Over the years, complaints have been received by the Public Complaints Commission, the Knesset Education Committee, and organizations such as the Association for Civil Rights and the Youth Proper Association, for discrimination against students from the Eastern community in ultra-Orthodox educational

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ruling, a claim was accepted regarding separation on the basis of origin between Mizrahi and Ashkenazi students at the Beit Yaakov girls' elementary school in Emanuel. Mizrahi students who studied with them refrained from sending their daughters to school so that they would not study with the rest of

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We order the Independent Education Center to remove any indication, both formal and substantive, of the phenomenon of discrimination that was common at the school. We also order the Education Ministry that as long he finds that the Independent Education Center does not comply with this provision, it

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Attorney Rabbi Mordechai Green, founder of Betzedek, represented the parents before the High Court. In his brief, he pleaded that the Court not allow "a clash that is of a religious, value-oriented and conscience driven nature, that does serious harm to the legal rights of the parents as anchored in

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He then added: "During the arguments, Edmond Levy spoke as if he was the petitioner. Some of this is reflected in the transcripts. give the clear impression, and please allow us to be shocked, interference from the Court in Haredi education. This interference is without precedent, even in the days

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Professor Daphna Barak-Erez has commented: "One of the most significant impacts of Judge Aaron Barak on Israeli law is found in the change which he led with regard to all matters of justiciability. Under the leadership of Judge Barak, the Supreme Court significantly increased the fields in which it

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Understanding the expansion of power of the Israeli Supreme court in the 1990s assists in understanding the Immanuel Beit Yaakov topic. Aharon Barak was President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006. Richard A. Posner, a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, contrasts

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The media paid special attention to the alleged separating wall; this helped the media portray it as segregation. However, Attorney Mordechai Bass states on page 7 of his report: "The yard surrounds the school from four directions, and the girls (from both schools) are able to see and play with each

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families in the original school is 23%, and in the new (Chasidi) school, 73%."(Footnote at bottom: "Such figures are not totally accurate—firstly, the schools do not note the ethnicity of their students in the registration—and This is a good thing! Secondly—this figure was ... partially based on the

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and the "Tmura" and "Achoti" organizations; the allegation—that this was solely an ethnic split between Sephardim and Ashkenazim. Rabbi Shimon Baadani, is the spiritual leader of the Yemenite community in Emanuel, all of whose daughters study the Hassidic class at 2010, most of whom are of Ashkenazi

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However, both, the court and the Ministry also demanded that the divider be removed; that they reunite the staff room, and use the same dress codes. The Hasidic parents were ready to remove any physical divider, but refused to oblige to the demands to reunite the school, claiming that they wouldn't

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In the midst of all this there were ongoing negotiations between the Independent Education Center and the Ministry. In August both parties agreed that the sections will be reunited, if the school will accept new binding policies for the "Hasidic track". The first version included, among others, the

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As the start of the new school year approached, the Hasidic parents were determined not to send their daughters in one school with the other, less strict, Haredi pupils, so they tried to find a way that would satisfy the court and still will not force them to compromise on their religious beliefs.

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At this point the Hasidic parents were already angered with the court, in what they believed to be a forcible meddling of the court in the strict Haredi lifestyle and an attack on their right to self-education, being as the Haredim in Israel have a long and ongoing feud with the High Court whom it

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that ended segregation in the US and outlawed the "separate but equal" mentality. he goes farther than his colleagues and declares the "religious argument" as a hidden "camouflage" for discrimination, without any explanation. He also throws in that, contrary to the United States, religious freedom

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Like Levy, Arbel also pointed to the proposed article that all prayers should be in Ashkenazi accent as proof that the "real intention" of the separation was segregation between Sephardim and Ashkenazim. She added that the same argument applies to another rule in the proposed school code that "all

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Indeed, some say—and so claimed the external assessor, attorney Bass—that there are behavioral; cultural; and ethnic characteristics that discriminate the particular sector, but are part of the inherent religious worldview of the various sectors. Meaning that at the colliding of the two rights—the

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More on the culture of Emanuel – Sheltering children. Here, Attorney Bass sensitively notes the great variety that exists in the Haredi world, despite its outward uniform appearance in dress. He suggests that non-Haredim attempt to understand the mentality of sheltering from the outside world, and

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When Yaakov Menken asked Rabbi Zaide (who is a member of the Slonimer Chassidic sect) about the ethnic composition of the Chassidic school, he responded, "... every time someone asks this question, I feel sick. Am I supposed to investigate whose parent is this or that?" He could not understand why

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against Ashkenazi religious dictates is also perceived as casting light upon a long-running perception of the High Court as being biased in favor of secular Israeli concerns. Note that the court approved a separate school for the chasidic girls in the 2010 academic year, albeit without funding. A

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On 15 June 2010 the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the parents of the Chassidic school to return their children to the Immanuel Beit Yaakov, and announced a two-week prison term for any of the parents who had not complied by 16 June. The parents rejected the court order as a violation of religious

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In the case before us the purpose of the rules—some of which are found in the school code of the Hasidic trend, and some were put into practice without official regulations—as proven in the report of Attorney Bass, was one and only: the separation of the Hasidic girls from their Sephardi friends.

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A institution may hold a unique trend in which students will study ways of religion and worldview of a certain community. So may the institution determine the rules of conduct applicable to students in this trend, for the purpose of implementing the teachings taught in the framework. However, the

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Journalist Shmuel Kofer comments on judicial activism of the Israeli Supreme Court, "when judges use their position as a political—ideological platform, this is not merely politicization of justice, nor does it merely invalidate the decisions of the knesset and government, it degrades the Supreme

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Rav Shimon Ba'adani of Bnei Brak was appointed as final Rabbinic authority of the Beis Yaakov Chasidi. In October 2007 he issued a letter that was placed in every mailbox in Immanuel forbidding the bringing of grievances to the media or secular courts. Rabbi Bar Lev of Immanuel states, "Ministers

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The Hasidic parents constantly claimed that Levy, an Iraqi descendant and the only Mizrahi/Sephardi judge on the court, took an unusual and personal interest in the case. Rav Luria, the above mentioned spokesperson for the parents claimed that "The behavior of Justice Levy was strange, to speak

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However, a Beis Yaakov student clarified: "The teacher instructs one accent for prayer. In the original Beis Yaakov, we were instructed in the Sephardi accent. In the Chassidic Beis Yaakov, they teach the Ashkenazi accent. But no girl is ever corrected if they use their accent from home, never.

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Attorney Bass reiterates that accusations of physical barriers between the two schools were exaggerated and that indeed there was free access between the girls of both schools. He notes that the new school occupies (the third floor) rooms, which were unused. (The third floor had housed the high

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pupils for decades before the split. The parents association was quoted in the Haredi media saying that "Up to three years ago, even as all other Haredi centers already contained separate schools for every community. i.e. Hasidim; Lithuanians; Sephardim; etc, Immanuel was proud to have only one

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In a later examination (by Mordechai Bass, as described below), it was found that the Independent Education Center ordered that the management of the two majors be shared, and that the pedagogical environment - including the teachers' room, curriculum, school hours and breaks - be shared by all

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At the end of the 2007 school year, construction work began on the Beit Yaakov school in Emanuel, which belongs to the independent education stream, which included plaster walls in the school corridors and the teachers' room, black fabrics covering the windows and separation fences in the yard.

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In a report submitted by Bass to the Ministry of Education on March 2, 2008, he described the chain of events against the background of the special social situation in Emanuel. In this speech and in the modesty of some of the school's students, this group of parents approached the independent

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In response, Lallum replied that the donation was received with the approval of the association's rabbis, and that "he will continue to act in accordance with the rabbis' instructions until the abuse that ultra-Orthodox Jews experthe Supreme Courtience when they enroll their children in an

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The Hasidic school was founded and attended by members of both the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities, with Rav Shimon Ba'adani as final Rabbinic authority. The Hasidic school was sued by Yoav Lallum, who does not reside in Immanuel, and his group "Noar KeHalacha", with assistance from the

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students. The school, but these guidelines were not complied with.However, in a letter to the Ministry of Education dated September 23, 2007, the Independent Education Center confirmed that it knew about the separation process and refrained from taking practical action to prevent it.

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who have resided for most of Israel's history in a system that has allegedly given concessions and jurisdictions to the Jewish religious authorities, in addition to far greater perks to secular institutions, including subsidies for theaters and sports sites. The challenge of the

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Some 160 students remained in the old school, about 80 girls in the original section, and 74 in the Hasidic section. Physical dividers were removed. Both sections used the same entrance, uniform, staff room, and so on. The sections were only fully divided during the study hours.

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origin. A belief allegedly shared throughout parts of the Sephardi community in Israel, who allegedly feel discriminated against by the Ashkenazi community—even by the secular parts of the country's Ashkenazi leadership, and, according to the New Israel Fund website, by the

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The Education Ministry immediately responded that it accepts the findings of the Bass Report about the illegal use of one permit for two schools without reporting it to the ministry, and that in itself is grounds enough to revoke the school's license. They warned the

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parent that tried to get in the new section was accepted, and that none of the complaining parents ever actually tried to get into the new section and got rejected, to what he applies rhetorically: "If there is no rejection, where is the discrimination? ".

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Pinchasi and Margi of the Shas party were concerned about reports in the media about alleged discrimination. As soon as they saw that Rav Ba'adani was the arbitrator of the school, they were satisfied with the situation and withdrew their investigation."

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school in Jerusalem two years earlier (the earlier suit was thrown out by the court). At this point the Hasidic group established a private school for their students in private apartments. The Supreme Court then fined both schools' operators with 5,000

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But in the meantime the Ministry refused to get involved in the discrimination issue, saying that it lacks the criteria to decide this, and therefore the Independent Education Center should be liable to assure there is no segregation in the school.

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The New Israel Fund, which assisted the prosecution, claimed on its website and that of its grantee organizations, that this was solely an ethnic split: "The students have been physically separated within this school based solely on ethnicity."

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After a month Bass submitted his report on 2 March 2008, that he found no discrimination, and that the sole purpose of the separation was due to religious beliefs of the separating parents. he specifically pointed out to the fact that every

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the Basic Laws of the State of Israel. ... The Court is deviating from its liberal approach in an exceptional way and it is forcing the individual a specific way of behavior that is against his free choice and inner convictions.

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students and their parents are required to adhere to the authority of the chosen Ashkenazi Rabbi", even if they are from Sephardi origin and they should have been allowed to follow the teachings of their own, Sephardic, rabbis.

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in 2004. The Ohel Rachel and Leah, a Shas-Mayan Sephardic school, was located on the first floor of this new high school, had a first grade in 2007 (see Bass report, page 6 paragraph 12), becoming a fully graded school in 2009.

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Yemenites pronounce their Chet's and Ayin's in their guttural way, and have a special lilt to the HaMotzi blessing. Those who wish to use the Galicianer accent, which is not taught in either of the Beis Yaakovs, may do so."

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right to education and the right to equality—there are certain characteristics required to conserve the values of one, but which will then conflict with the other. What requires us to balance between the competing rights.

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schools. The plaintiffs pointed out that the students in the new section were instructed to pray in the Ashkenazi tradition and accent, which encouraged their belief about it being a force of discrimination against them.

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The Sephardi parents of the Hasidic school had presented an emergency appeal to appear before the Supreme Court. They point out that every family was invited to apply. Their request to appear before the court was denied.

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for contempt of court. They were released before the end of their sentence when large-scale protests against what was alleged to be an inhumane and illegal incarceration swept the country. Secular journalist

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Paragraph 6 on page 11 addresses the plaintiffs' accusation that the girls in each school were forbidden contact with each other. Attorney Bass notes that there was no such ordinance issued by the school.

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Before the Chasidi school was founded, outreach programs designed to get all the Beis Yaakov parents to take upon more strict observance, and thus circumvent the need for a new school, had been attempted.

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The charges of segregation of students at the Immanuel Beit Yaakov have reflected long-running divisions in Israeli Jewish culture between religious Ashkenazim, religious Sephardim and Mizrahim, and

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Rav Luria explained that the split was crucial to the integrity of their children because of a new modern element that moved into town and threatened their lifestyle and the strict education that

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The contending parents then turned to Yoav Lalum, founder and head of the No'ar KaHalakha organization, which is a New Israel Fund grantee, whose stated aim is to fight against discrimination in

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All the parties involved were satisfied. Ezra Gershi, one of the original petitioners and then mayor of Immanuel, sent an official municipality letter to Yoav Lelum declaring the matter closed.

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the end of the school year (once the fathers are freed), is contrary to the law stipulating that court-ordered imprisonment can only be used as an inducement to obey court orders, but never as

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ultra-Orthodox educational institution." On another occasion he replied that this was due to an unfortunate lack of knowledge and the association disengaged from the fund as soon as the "

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with different classes for the two streams but not fully divided sections. If the center and/or school will not comply then they might lose their license and/or their government funding.

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The parents shall control with whom their daughters associate after school, that they should only be with other girls whose lifestyle doesn't contradict with the Beit Yaakov teachings.

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Attorney Bass notes the founding of the Sephardic girls' school in Emanuel, Beit Rachel and Leah, under the Mayan-Shas network, which at the time had only a small first grade.

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He notes the various options that the parents explored – having different tracts in the same building, or opening a new school. In the end, a new school was founded.

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On 6 August 2009, the court ruled unanimously that it considers the division in Emmanuel as segregationist in nature, and it should therefore be ended immediately.

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Paragraphs 4 and 5 address the plaintiffs' accusation that the times of school starting and recess were at different times. Attorney Bass found this to be untrue.

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that they should step in to end the alleged discrimination. In response to his request the Ministry's Chief Executive appointed the former attorney general to The

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mildly. One of the petitioners even said that Levy gave him his email and his cell phone number so that he could be sure to stay up to date on all developments".

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In 2010, an additional civil suit was brought before the Supreme Court of Justice by Sephardi Yoav Lalum, who had already initiated a similar suit against a

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that the more strict and sheltered Haredim would understandably be wary of having their children have close contact with more lenient and worldly Haredim.

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All these are there only to serve an unacceptable purpose, and this is to close the Hasidic trend's doors to Sephardi girls only because of their origin.

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conducted a direct interview with one of the imprisoned fathers, an article in June 2010 concedes: "a third of the group ... are Sephardic themselves."

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It has been noted that the Hasidic stream at the Immanuel school has a much higher percentage of Sephardim than the membership of the Supreme Court.

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Aviad Visoli states that the Supreme Court held no hearing, no cross-examination of plaintiffs or defendants, rendering the court's decision illegal.

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Rabbi from Emmanuel, Rabbi Yitzhok Bar-Lev. The parents pledge to assure there is no conflict between the spiritual authority at home and the Rabbi.

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Supreme Court documents alleged that this was solely an ethnic split. Again, there was no trial, no cross examining the defendants or plaintiffs.

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In the report he also revealed that after meeting with some of the complaining parents he actually found some ground for the proposition of the

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Later the Haredi parents representative, Rav Avrohom Luria, would recognize that the wall was a PR disaster and "a serious mistake".

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for Haredim in Israel, and over 100,000 turned up in Jerusalem for protests against the imprisonment; clerics of both Ashkenazi and

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Allegedly, the Chassidic school built a fence in the play yard; cement walls in the corridor; using separate staff rooms; different

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After a long summary of the events leading up to the ruling, and the legal statutes for the case, Levy sums up the legal dilemma:

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other. The (media) portrayal of two completely separate sections of the school yard ... is not true." See "Bass report" below.

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Observers have noted that the decision by the commission headed by supreme court justice Edmond Levy, to imprison the mothers

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This is a partial English translation of the report of Mordchai Bass. The Hebrew version can be viewed on the following blog:

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Bass still found that the opening of a new section under the same permit and symbol of the old school was a violation of the

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to the discriminatory intent of the initiators of the separation. This is a gap, on " it is said that it speaks for itself"

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anyone would have a problem with another child in the classroom that wasn't well-founded on grounds of religious standards.

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The court has since approved a separate school for the Haredi girls in the 2010–2011 academic year, albeit without funding.

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must take all legal measures to remedy the situation, including revoking of license of the school and stopping its funding.

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Yitzhak Bar-Lev, the official Sephardi Rabbi of Emmanuel—and also that they allowed their girls to study together with the

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After further deliberations, and by instruction of the court, the first rule was removed. So was the rule about using the

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There should be no radio at home, no television, no computer where they could watch movies, and no access to the internet.

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school, and a wonderful relationship. our daughters were lectured by Sephardi teachers and we had no problem whatsoever".

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send their children in one school with the other girls from homes that they don't want their daughters associating with.

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In June 2010, the fathers of the girls who attend the Hasidic school, one third of whom are Sephardi, were jailed by the

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Law professor Daniel Freedman, "the actions of Edmond Levi show how justice degenerates when 'law is everywhere'."

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parents disputed the notion that the split occurred due to discrimination. They pointed out that they have 27% of

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Attorney Bass notes the tensions between the stricter, sheltered factions and the more open, lenient factions.

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described the court decision as one "made not from the heart, nor from the head, but rather from the belly".

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number of Sephardic girls whose families consented to the school's modesty code are attending, as well.

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history. Lalum, however, had already done that before, and with permission of his spiritual guide Rabbi

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English edition on Immanuel Beis Yaakov – must type "beit yaakov immanuel" in search box, upper right

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Media sources alleged that the founding of the Chassidic Beit Yaakov was solely an ethnic split. In

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changed after the court viewed him as "too strict", to a "Panel of authoritative Rabbis from the

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would not intervene, Lalum decided to turn to the legal system—something almost unprecedented in

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He goes on to discuss the legal technicalities of opening a new school, licensing, and so forth.

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The plaintiffs viewed the Chassidic school as opened solely to discriminate against the girls of

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inappropriate language and behavior that doesn't match the strict modesty laws they practice".

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2008 - פרשת ההפרדה בבית הספר החרדי לבנות בעמנואל; בג"ץ 1067/08 עמותת נוער כהלכה נ' משרד החינוך

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girls in their new section—including the daughter of one of the founders of the new section,

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Slonim educational institutions are open to all who agree to abide by their school by-laws.

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For modesty reasons, the girls will not be allowed to drive bicycles outside of their home.

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Parents shall refrain from taking their kids to hotels and other entertainment facilities.

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https://alternativeburncare.blogspot.com/2023/02/peaceful-resistance-to-government.html

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schools of Judaism, with many of the parents of the Ashkenazi students coming from the

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Melcer wrote longer comments, wherein he tried to compare this ruling to the historic

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school, and was vacated in September 2004 when the high school got its own building.)

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on 4 February 2008 to order the Education Ministry, the local municipality board of

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The percentages are based on the hypothesis in the report written by attorney Bass

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However, the original Beis Yaakov instructs in the Sephardi accent for prayer.

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Imprisoned Immanuel Father: 'Our Children Will Study This in History Books'

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The day following the release of the Bass report, as he realized that the

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Were any families refused admission to the Beis Yaakov Chasidi, Emanuel?

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opponents, even though it is strictly forbidden in the Haredi community.

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The Immanuel Beit Yaakov hosts a population of female students from both

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Again – physical separation between the two schools – fact or fiction?

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