The principals of girl’s frum high schools, called “seminaries” in Israel, met in Bnei Brak on Sunday night in urgent session discuss government intervention in the education of the chareidi community. The meeting was at the behest of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita, as reported by YWN-ISRAEL.

A proclamation was signed reaffirming the position of the chareidi community, that it will not tolerate any interference from any outside bodies, without exception.

Decisions made during the meeting that were published include:

· All registration for schools will be made by principals in line with instructions from Gedolei Yisrael.

· The assembly calls on all principals to remain steadfast amid threats from official sources regarding the acceptance of students to their schools and turns to these agencies to cease from trying to persuade principals to accept students against their will.

· The principals of the high schools and seminaries (in this case post high school) are well-aware of the holy mission and responsible that rests on their shoulders, the continued education of the girls from the Beis Yaakov system around Israel.

· The assembly declares that only Gedolei Torah will direct them and the education system in Eretz Yisrael until the arrival of Moshiach, let it be His will.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)