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Aberystwyth candle ban blow to strictly Orthodox holidaymakers

May 16, 2014 13:22
The seafront at Aberystwyth (Photo: Eos12)

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

A university's ban on the use of candles in its student village is to continue - angering Jewish holidaymakers who had regularly stayed on the campus.

Bosses at Aberystwyth University in Wales had rented student accommodation to strictly Orthodox families every August for 20 years.

But last summer they banned the use of naked flames following a series of fires. That left Jewish visitors - who wanted to light Shabbat candles - with little choice but to find alternative holiday resorts.

The university has now revealed that despite talks to resolve the ban on naked flames no agreement has been reached.