Judge: Separation between Ashkenazi, Mizrahi girls "smells of racism"
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Meltzer ruled that the separation between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi girls at the Beit Yaacov school in Emmanuel "smells of racism."
Meltzer ruled in response to claims by Attorney Arieh Holzer, representing the independent education stream, that "from the parents' point of view, there is no way their daughter, who watches television, will study with Haredi girls." Holzer also said, "I am willing to bet that the girls on this track (Mizrahi) have televisions at home, and the others (Ashkenazi) do not." (Aviad Glickman and Kobi Nahshoni)
