A Lubavitch school in Israel was given a prestigious award, in a reversal of an earlier decision by the country’s Education Ministry. Israeli President Ezer Weizman had originally canceled the award to the Chabad School for Girls in Kiryat Malachi after complaints that the school refused to admit Ethiopian students, but the decision was reversed by a representative of the President’s Office.
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