Jewish Board of Deputies bans women from singing at annual Holocaust Memorial ceremony for fright it may offend some rabbisAn organisation representing Jews in South Africa is being sued for alleged discrimination over a ban on women singing at the annual Holocaust Memorial ceremony.
The Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) in Cape Town has banned female voices in the secular ceremony since 2005,in order not to offend a handful of rabbis who believe women singing before a mixed audience is immodest and should be prohibited, according to the plaintiffs.
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Source: theguardian.com