Orthodox Jewish schools' ban on women driving?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32935767

Orthodox Jewish schools' ban on women driving

A ban on women driving their children to school issued by a Jewish education institution is "unacceptable", the Department for Education has said.
Leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Belz sect in north London wrote to parents saying "no child will be allowed to learn in our school" if their mother drives.

Women driving "goes against the laws of modesty within our society", it said.

The Home Office issued a response saying it was "developing a strategy to tackle extremism in all its forms".
The Belz, who originated in Ukraine in the early 19th Century, are an ultra-Orthodox sect who follow Haredi Judaism.
The letter, which was signed from the "spiritual management" of Belz institutions, said: "There has been an increase in incidences of mothers of our students who have begun driving cars, something that goes against the laws of modesty within our society."

This had led to "a lot of exasperation" among other parents", it said.

The group's leader in Israel, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, had advised that "if a woman is driving a car, she cannot send her children to be educated in Belz institutions", it said.
It added that women with a "specific reason" to drive could submit a request to a special committee.

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[Svartalf]

let the m do their aliya to Saudi Arabia

[JimC]

If you take your belief in the big sky daddy to extremes, it always ends in stopping women from driving automobiles...

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If you take your belief in the big sky daddy to extremes, it always ends in stopping women from driving automobiles...

Unlucky at sea also....only safe place is the kitchen, or bedroom...