The letter, signed by rabbis from the Belz Hasidic sect in Stamford Hill and sent last week to parents in the community, says that female drivers are a violation of “the traditional rules of modesty in our camp.”
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By Antonia Blumberg | May 29, 2015
Leaders of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in north London recently issued a statement to their community that bans women from driving.
The letter, signed by rabbis from the Belz Hasidic sect in Stamford Hill and sent last week to parents in the community, says that female drivers are a violation of “the traditional rules of modesty in our camp.” It also states that, beginning in August, children driven by their mothers will be barred from attending school, according to The Jewish Chronicle.
The Belz sect operates two schools in Stamford Hill, Machzikei Hadass and Beis Malka, where the ban will be enforced, reports The Independent.
In certain circumstances, if a woman is compelled for medical or other reasons to drive her child to school, she may “submit a request to the special committee to this effect and the committee shall consider her request," the letter states.
It also notes that the ban is based on the recommendations of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, the sect's spiritual leader in Israel. [ more ... ]
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