The time limit on the High Court of Justice-imposed decision to halt segregation in Emanuel’s Beis Yaakov School lapses today, demanding compliance or both parents and Chinuch Atzmai face stiff daily fines.

Many of the parents of the students boycotting the classes are in negotiations with two mosdos in Bnei Brak, seeking to circumvent the court ordered desegregation, realizing the clock is rapidly running down.

Speaking with Ynet, attorney Mordechai Green, who represents the parents, expressed confidence that once the court realizes the parents are doing their utmost to comply without compromising their principles, he and the parents are confident the court will agree to wave the NIS 200 daily fine per student not attending mixed classes.

Yoav Lalum, who is spearheading the legal case against the school, is quoted by Kikar Shabbat as saying he has no problem with parents opting to send their girls to another school, stating it is their life and their decision. He explains that he was never bothered by the fact that some girls are learning in other schools, but he cannot tolerate the ongoing discrimination in the local Beis Yaakov.

He wished to add that in his eyes, the Slonim Rebbe Shlita is a “holy man” and his battle is not chas v’sholom with the Rebbe, but with a handful of parents. He adds that the contention that the separation or the battle in the school is “religious or lifestyle and not ethnic is absurd” insisting the numbers and the facts on the ground paint a different picture.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)