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Charedi protesters denounce new Schools Bill as ‘persecution’

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid ongoing debates surrounding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, around 200 members of the Charedi community gathered in Westminster to protest provisions requiring a register for children taught outside formal school environments. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Charedi CommunityProtestReligious EducationCultural IdentityYeshivotGovernment PolicyUk PoliticsSchools BillDepartment For EducationSecular Subjects

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London, United Kingdom
"An estimated 1,500 plus boys from the age of 13 learn in unregistered yeshivot in Stamford Hill, which are not legally classified as schools and therefore not subject to inspections by Ofsted."
United Kingdom
"Around 200 men and boys from the strictly Orthodox community descended on Westminster on Wednesday to protest against the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is being read a second time in Parliament."
New York City, New York, United States
"Yesterday, the JC reported that a demonstration of solidarity with the British Charedi community was held in New York city, with some of the protesters wearing fake prison uniforms and declaring that they would rather go to jail than compromise over their traditional education,"

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