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more about #free more comments → HereComesMyBaby: This British Jewish day school has the same entry requirements as the State of Israel has for its immigrants! more » deitybox: I think the synagogue president's claim is BS. This doesn't change the definition of "who is Jewish" (as if the majority of Jews could agree on that a... more » deeemer: I'm so excited! I'm going to start suing the living daylights out of every single college - that receives government funding of course - that rejecte... more » LaComtesse: "Essentially, we must now apply a non-Jewish definition of who is Jewish" I hate this. I would venture that MOST Jews in the Western world do not adh... more » RubyPenelope: I find this ruling to be worrisome. While I disagree with the Orthodox and their view of only recognizing orthodox conversions, I also think that this... more » ceejeemcbeegee is not here: Being Jewish: a matter of race, or religion? more » CremeBruDont: It does seem like the school is using a ethnic group justification for why it should be granted a religion-based exemption. Can't have it both ways. more » Lymed: I don't understand why you say it may not seem to be a big issue. It isn't the fact that there are a lot of non-Jews who want a strict parochial educ... more » JennaW: Best line in the whole article: Lawyers said it was the most controversial ruling since the supreme court was created in October. Yes, the MOST cont... more » Sanfo: Don't tell me she was the only person to show up! Facebook events have lost their luster. more » hello.kitty: I miss my days working in the university library. more » Red-headed bookworm: I am proud of my teachers for assigning banned books to us and I am grateful to my AP English teacher in high school for knowing I like to read and gi... more » LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: I proudly wore my "I Read Banned Books" every Banned Books Week at my previous school. I kept it on my bulletin board at all other times. I would also... more » ZombieApocalypse: THIS. Now I can't wait to become a librarian. more » hfree: She sounds like a very cool lady, love that story about her mother. Whenever I hear about people banning books I always think about the scene at the P... more » -
#faithbased
British Supreme Court: Yes, You Can. (Go To Jewish School.)
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has decided that London's Jewish Free School practiced racial discrimination when it gave lower admissions priority to a pupil on grounds that he was not ethnically Jewish: More » -
#womenofletters
R.I.P Judith Krug, Librarian, Free Speech Activist, Founder of Banned Books Week
As mentioned briefly last night, Judith Krug, the founder of Banned Book Week and champion of the First Amendment, died Saturday in Evanston, Illinois. She was 69. More »
