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Eve Sacks
Charedi women; (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
September 9, 2024, 7:24 pm
OPINION: The denial of education in the Charedi community is a human rights issue
'I left school to attend university, whereas some graduate into early marriage and motherhood', writes activist Eve Sacks
By Eve Sacks
A member of the Chasidic Jewish community of Stamford Hill.
April 10, 2024, 10:59 am
OPINION: Rabbis misunderstand purpose of education
The continuation of unregistered yeshivahs denies boys in the Chasidic community not just secular learning but access to their basic human rights, claims Eve Sacks
By Eve Sacks
Young Orthodox Jewish men in Stamford Hill.
January 25, 2023, 11:34 am
OPINION: I felt humiliated in Stamford Hill #BecauseImfemale
Eve Sacks, co-chair of trustees of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance UK, calls for a communal awareness campaign for mainstream British Jewry to understand honour-based abuse.
By Eve Sacks
September 21, 2022, 10:57 am
OPINION: It’s not antisemitic to ask why Chassidic boys aren’t entitled to literacy
Eve Sacks of Nahamu, a think-tank lobbying on harms in the Charedi community, reflects on the impact of the New York Times' expose on how yeshivahs are funded and operated.
By Eve Sacks
The books of Chaim Walder that used to take pride of place have been binned by readers and recalled by publishers around the world. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
January 28, 2022, 10:41 am
OPINION: Keeping school children safe from sexual predators
Jewish schools must find better ways to keep their pupils safe; and this includes reporting of all incidents to the police, Nahamu's Eve Sacks says
By Eve Sacks
(via Shutterstock)
July 15, 2021, 3:55 pm
OPINION: Where to now on coercive control bill and forced Gittin?
Eve Sacks of Nahamu and Jewish Women's Aid looks at the next steps for the community's row over religious divorce
By Eve Sacks
Jewish holiday Passover background with matzo, seder plate, wine and tulip flowers on wooden table. Top view from above.
March 23, 2021, 4:21 pm
OPINION: Four daughters of forced marriage
Eve Sacks of Nahamu reflects on a new paper released by the organisation examining the problem of forced marriage, and using a Pesach metaphor demands answers
By Eve Sacks
A strictly-Orthodox wedding
February 12, 2021, 1:18 pm
OPINION: Social pressures hinder free and full consent
Eve Sacks says there are aspects of forced marriage arrangements in some Charedi communities that fall within the UK’s definition of a forced marriage - and they need addressing
By Eve Sacks
February 1, 2021, 3:05 pm
OPINION: Toxic ‘them versus us’ narrative makes the chasm grow wider
In wake of Jewish News' investigation into strictly-Orthodox lockdown breaches, Eve Sacks says education must be used to challenge 'systemic harms' in the Charedi community
By Eve Sacks
Lady Justice
December 27, 2017, 4:21 pm
OPINION: It’s time for the entire community to embrace British values
Eve Sacks of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance reflects on a landmark court case for LGBT people in the Charedi community
By Eve Sacks
November 17, 2017, 11:56 am
OPINION: Rabbis, please confirm shunning children is inconsistent with Jewish law
Eve Sacks of JOFA UK (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance) reflects on a controversial court case involving a Charedi transgender father-of-five
By Eve Sacks
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