Beren Academy, which made international headlines last year with its battle to avoid a forfeit in the Texas state boys\’ basketball tournament over a Sabbath scheduling conflict, lost a quadruple overtime game in the state semifinals.
The Beren Academy Orthodox Jewish day school should never have been accepted to the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, the association\’s director told a Texas newspaper.
The Robert M. Beren Academy of Houston lost, 46-42, to Abilene Christian in the 2A private and parochial boys basketball state championship game.
The captain of an Orthodox high schol basketball team has sued a Texas public school district over the refusal to accomodate a request to reschedule tournament games that conflict with the Jewish sabbath.
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