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‘The fight is with intolerance, bigotry, lack of common sense’

July 10, 2008 23:00

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For 47-year-old David Lightman, whose wife Kate is head of English at JFS, the judgment served only to strengthen his resolve to win justice for his own family.

“We are obviously very disappointed at the outcome, because it reinforces the clear discrimination and prejudice that we heard in this case. There is discrimination between people who are Jewish by choice and people who are Jewish by birth,” said Mr Lightman.

“Having said that, I absolve JFS of any responsibility whatsoever in this. My beef is with the Beth Din, a cabal of holier-than-thou individuals who, so far as my understanding of Judaism and all things Jewish is concerned, are bereft of understanding and compassion, among other things.

“I regard it as a total affront that they can turn around and say your wife’s conversion may be good enough for the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, but not good enough for us.