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Yehudis Fletcher
May 25, 2023, 3:42 pm
OPINION: A step in the right direction for educational reform
The proposed 'Children Not in School' register is NOT "an attack on Torah education' but a meaningful move to ensure, literally, that all Charedi children count, writes Yehudis Fletcher
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Yehudis Fletcher
April 27, 2023, 11:51 am
OPINION: Does the Bloom Review into faith go far enough?
In the wake of the landmark government faith report, Yehudis Fletcher argues we should never settle for intolerable harms in the name of religious tolerance
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Yehudis Fletcher
March 8, 2023, 1:59 pm
OPINION: Why are all these women still not allowed to drive?
Is this day really different from all others? On International Women's Day, Charedi social activist Yehudis Fletcher asks why Orthodox women still don't count
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Yehudis Fletcher
December 3, 2021, 1:30 pm
OPINION: Have you ever met a Chasid?
Chasidim make good headlines, but we risk overindulging in easy stereotypes as a way of deflecting from our own deficiencies, says Yehudis Fletcher
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Yehudis Fletcher
June 11, 2021, 2:47 pm
OPINION: JFS kids have spoken – I cry for other children who are being silenced
Yehudis Fletcher responds to turmoil in Jewish schools and the need for better safeguarding
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Yehudis Fletcher
May 14, 2021, 9:54 am
OPINION: Saying ‘I do’ to the Torah on Shavuot
Yehudis Fletcher looks at Shavuot's interpretation as a marriage between Jewish people and the the Torah - and its impact on consent in relationships
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Yehudis Fletcher
October 1, 2020, 3:38 pm
OPINION: I am woman, watch me grow
Yehudis Fletcher reflects how her mother inspired her to think for herself, drawing upon the feminist icon and singer Helen Reddy who died this week
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Yehudis Fletcher
August 19, 2020, 11:13 am
OPINION: Nobody should need ‘consent’ to seek support after sexual abuse
Yehudis Fletcher reflects on remarks made by Rabbi Jehuda Baumgarten at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
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Yehudis Fletcher
July 13, 2020, 2:47 pm
OPINION: Marital rape is expressly forbidden in Jewish law. However…
Netflix drama Unorthodox may have had inaccuracies, but it portrayed marital rape in a way which reflects the experiences of thousands of couples in our community
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Yehudis Fletcher
July 31, 2019, 3:06 pm
OPINION: A Charedi family is as unique as yours
Yehudis Fletcher says the strictly-Orthodox community's conformity must not be taken for lack of individuality
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Yehudis Fletcher
July 17, 2019, 12:01 pm
OPINION: How do children learn equality if they’re taught prejudice?
Following the BBC's Panorama documentary on same-sex education in faith communities, Yehudis Fletcher criticises the way those interviewed interpreted Jewish values
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Yehudis Fletcher
May 9, 2019, 3:34 pm
OPINION: We condemn each new generation to ignorance
Yehudis Fletcher says some Charedi schools perpetuate extremist views that veer far from the path of traditional Torah values, let alone British values.
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Yehudis Fletcher
March 28, 2019, 3:32 pm
OPINION: Sex and relationship education is about consent
Yehudis Fletcher reflects on the community's need to change the way it teaches SRE to stop abuse
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Yehudis Fletcher
March 7, 2019, 3:54 pm
OPINION: On abuse, we haven’t even started talking
Yehudis Fletcher reflects on the need to begin a new conversation when it comes to sexual abuse
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Yehudis Fletcher
February 7, 2019, 12:27 pm
OPINION – #ItsNotOK: The community’s response can hurt more than the abuse
As UK marks Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week, Yehudis Fletcher reflects on the need for the community to speak up more
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Yehudis Fletcher
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