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As we approach the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, there can be no doubt that the mainstream media will cover the occasion. For example, CNN is asking, “Was your family affected by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943? Leave CNN a voicemail.”

Traveling to Eretz Yisrael always carries with it unique feelings. As put eloquently by the taxi driver that drove me from my hotel to the airport for my return flight to the U.S.A.; “You’re not going home. You’re going to America. Eretz Yisrael is home!”

Recap: The principal calls and Libby is sure she will be fired, but that was not the purpose of the call. The girls’ mother is planning a visit and Marnie doesn’t want her to come.

Recap: Libby tries to handle the difficult second-grade class. Two boys get into a fist fight and one boy is injured. Libby has to fill out an accident report. She feels terrible that it was during her class that he got hurt, and she’s sure also that she will be fired.

NEW YORK NEWS

 A New York judge has ruled that the state cannot force parents to remove their children from religious schools, stating that such an order would be unconstitutional. The case involved parents who had chosen to send their children to a yeshiva that did not meet the state’s educational standards. The state had threatened to remove the children from the school if the parents did not enroll them in a public school or a different yeshiva that met state standards. However, the judge ruled that such a requirement would infringe on the parents’ constitutional right to freely exercise their religion. The ruling could have implications for similar cases in New York and other states, where there have been disputes between religious schools and state authorities over educational standards and requirements.