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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox schools open in breach of lockdown — report
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox schools are open today in violation of the lockdown rules, the Haaretz daily reports.
Most of the schools are affiliated with Hasidic sects or hardline ultra-Orthodox groups, according to the report.

Haredi children from the Bnei Moshe Kretchnif ultra-Orthodox school wear face masks at their school in the city of Rehovot, on May 24, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
The report says some non-Hasidic schools have also partially reopened.