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Fast Forward 39 British Filmmakers Call for Boycott of Israeli Fest
A group of British filmmakers and actors called on a British movie theater chain to cancel an Israeli film festival. The 39 members of the film industry, including British directors Aki Kaurismäki, Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, made their call to the theaters to refuse to host the London Israeli Film and Television Festival in…
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Fast Forward British National Students Union Votes 19-4 for BDS
The British National Union of Students voted to boycott Israeli companies and align with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. In a 19-4 vote with one abstention, the confederation of 600 student unions across the United Kingdom passed the pro-BDS proposal on Tuesday at a meeting of its National Executive Council. The motion “condemns Israeli…
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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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