Jewish School Takes Legal Action, Will Play in Tourney

In a startling turn of events, Houston's Beren Academy will compete in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools' 2A state tournament today. The Orthodox Jewish day school's boys' basketball team was set to forfeit its semifinal game because the scheduled start time conflicted with the observation of the Jewish Sabbath. But after lawyers representing three Beren players and their parents applied for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court on Thursday morning, alleging religious discrimination against TAPPS and the Mansfield Independent school District (host of the state championship), the organization amended the game's schedule.

Originally scheduled for 9 p.m., tipoff has been moved to 2 p.m. today. If Beren beats The Covenant School of Dallas, the state title game will likely be played Saturday at 8 p.m. or later, according to Stars' coach Chris Cole. Beren students observe the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.

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