'Here we are free,' say French students who came to Israel during war

(JNS) - HAIFA, Israel-"You're from the Jewish school?" the French Ministry of Education official quizzed the teenage girl who had come for her post-high school baccalaureate exam.

The examiner began firing off the most difficult questions on the physics test, seemingly seeking to trip up the high school senior, but Noa Uziel, 18, who was at the top of her class at Paris's Yabne school, stood her ground.

"Are you going to cry?" the Education Ministry official pressed her. "I am the one who chooses the questions."

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