Jewish school admissions unlawful
BBC News
26 Giugno 2009
Jewish schools may have to change admissions rules after the Appeal Court held that ethnic tests of Jewishness amount to racial discrimination.
A London school, the JFS, rejected a boy whose mother's conversion to Judaism it did not recognise.
Faith schools may discriminate on religious grounds but the Court of Appeal held that this involved a test of ethnicity - which is unlawful.
The United Synagogue says this will have "a very serious effect".
In future schools would need to adopt a test of religious practice and guidance would be issued on this - pending a successful appeal or change in the law.
Range of pupils
The state-funded JFS, formerly the Jews' Free School, is heavily over-subscribed.
It gives …
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