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    Transgender boy to be removed from religious school against parents’ wishes

                               The Times of Israel
  https://www.timesofisrael.com/transgender-boy-to-be-removed-from-religious-school-against-parents-wishes/

By TOI staff 
Today, 2:52 pm 
24 January, 2023

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Parents of an 8-year-old transgender student said Tuesday that they had been informed by the Education Ministry that the boy would be forced to move from a religious school in central Israel midway through the academic year, and that they planned to appeal the decision.

The child has not yet been transferred and no decision has been made on where he will go to school.

The boy’s parents told the Kan public broadcaster their child was being punished for who he is.

However, the Education Ministry denied that a decision had been made in the case, which has roiled the school in the central city of Givat Shmuel for several months.

The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel—Aguda accused the rabbis of putting the child and others “in danger of mental harm that could lead to a loss of life, in total opposition to professional and medical authorities in Israel and around the world.”

“We implore all authorities: leave the boy alone,” the group said, according to Channel 12. “It is in your power to prevent the next tragedy.”

The affair has opened a rift among parents in Givat Shmuel, a national-religious bastion outside Tel Aviv.

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