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Fast Forward Belz Driving Ban is Illegal, British Human Rights Commission Finds
A British human rights commission said it is illegal for a school to prevent children from attending if their mothers drive. In a statement, the Equality and Human Rights Commission said that “this sort of discrimination has no place in our society and we will be writing to leaders of the Belz educational institutions to…
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Fast Forward British Jewish Woman Wins $25k in Religious Discrimination Suit
(JTA) —A British Jewish woman won $25,000 in damages from a company that refused to hire her because she is Shabbat observant. Aurelie Fhima applied to Travel Jigsaw in Manchester, but was rejected after she said at a job interview that her religious observance prevents her from working on Friday nights and Saturdays, the Telegraph…
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Fast Forward U.K. Launches Inquiry Into Belz Hasidic Female Driving Ban
(JTA) — The United Kingdom’s education secretary launched an inquiry and condemned a London-based Hasidic sect for its decision to bar women from driving. Nicky Morgan on Friday called the Belz rabbis’ driving ban, which included a stipulation that Belz schools expel students whose mothers drive them to school, “completely unacceptable in modern Britain,” according…
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Fast Forward Prince William To Attend London Jewish Fundraiser
Britain’s Prince William is set to attend a fundraising dinner organized by a Jewish health and social care organization to celebrate the charity’s 25th anniversary. Jewish Care, which serves the United Kingdom’s Jewish community in London and the South East of England, is scheduled to host the prince on June 11, according to an article…
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Fast Forward British Belz Hasidim Bar Women From Driving
The Hasidic Belz sect of Britain has barred women members from driving. A letter sent out last week by the sect’s rabbinic leaders said that allowing women to drive goes against “the traditional rules of modesty in our camp,” the Jewish Chronicle reported Thursday. The letter also said that as of August students would not…
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Fast Forward British Teacher Convicted of Sexually Abusing Students
A former teacher at several Jewish schools in England was found guilty on sexual assault charges. Todros Grynhaus, 50, of Salford, reportedly faces a “substantial prison sentence,” according to Manchester Crown Court judge Timothy Holroyde. They are now adult women. The conviction comes after a two-week trial, and after an earlier trial ended in March…
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Opinion Dancing on George Galloway’s Grave
Between the prospect of the break-up of the United Kingdom and five more years of Conservative-led austerity, there wasn’t much good news in the British election results. Except, that is, in Bradford. After an ugly campaign, the infamous and indefatigable George Galloway, who made headlines for declaring the down-on-its-luck northern town an “Israel-free zone,” lost…
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Fast Forward Ed Miliband Resigns After Crushing Loss in British Election
British opposition leader Ed Miliband quit on Friday after his Labor Party suffered a heavy election defeat and was virtually driven out of Scotland, leaving the demoralized party with no obvious successor. Miliband had gone into Thursday’s election expecting he had a good chance of beating Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives and forming a government,…
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