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OK, so the Israelis are sending school teachers to the US.

Purim celebrations at Oakland Hebrew Day School on Tuesday included a surprise, un-festive addition: farewells to two young Israeli women whose work in the Northern California school was being cut short by the global coronavirus pandemic.

The women were assigned to work at the school as part of their national service, an alternative to Israeli army service chosen by many Orthodox girls.

They were ordered to return to Israel immediately, along with 2,000 other participants in the program run by Israel’s National Civic Service Authority. They were due to depart Wednesday night and it’s unclear when they will be allowed to return — if at all.

“It was very emotional because these poor girls are 19 years old and they come here and they’re having this special meaningful service year,” Tania Schweig, the head of school, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “And they’ve built all these relationships with kids.”