Yeha, but if you know admission for your child to the preferred school is going to be based on your attendance, you'll be more likely to go, won't you?

Yeha, but if you know admission for your child to the preferred school is going to be based on your attendance, you'll be more likely to go, won't you?

Probably, but it seems counter-intuitive to require something that is not required under Jewish law as proof of Jewishness. All this stuff is really asking how involved the family is with the Jewish community socially.

Well again, the actual requirements were not set by the court. They were set by the school. This is not an uncommon form of resistance to a court ruling: given an order you don't want to obey, but must, obey in the way that will be hurt the largest number of people to make the ruling as unpopular as possible. There was a high school that had a a well lit boys field and unlit girls field. Title 9 required equal access. So rather than share both field, or add lighting to the second, the school chose to close both fields. Yeah that was the fault of nasty old title 9 rather than the school which deliberately chose to comply with it in a way that would hurt as many people as possible. This is the same thing. The school could have chosen any of a number of ways to comply with the ruling. They deliberately chose one that would piss people off and make life harder.

But I don't see any way to phrase it, other than just an "Are you Jewish?" question, that wouldn't exclude plenty of Jews.

It looks like the school is appealing. I wonder if the Supreme Court will agree with the first ruling or the appeal ruling.

The November Nine is killing me. I'm on the edge of my seat.

I'm trying to understand why the UK has government-funded religious schools to begin with. I can't find anything that makes sense to me.

it seems like part of the argument is that, if they say that Jewishness is not a race or ethnicity, then that will set a precedent that antisemitic acts can't be prosecuted under the laws against racial or ethnic discrimination.

I would think the final arbiter of that would be whether the person committing the antisemitic act was intending to target Jewish people, not whether the victim was officially Jewish.

Megan, what's the November Nine?

My skin is KILLING me today. We're having the godawfulest weather (90 degrees and dry.... but only 90 degrees for like 30 minutes... when I go to work, it's closer to 50 degrees and I end up wearing a wool sweater all day). I need a new moisturizer, I think. I've been wearing Origins for years and I love it but... I don't know. I guess I'm craving change.

Any suggestions for moderately dry skin face moisturizers?

I swear by Aveeno.