THE ALLEGATIONS
A source intimately involved in the Orthodox wedding scene, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “These illegal weddings have been going on for 10 months. We’re not talking about one or two. We are talking multiple weddings every day. All have 150-200 guests. At one wedding the bride was Covid-positive.”
THE VENUES
There are four venues that are used regularly, several sources confirmed – “anything that has a hall”. One is the taxpayer-funded Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls’ School in Stamford Hill. “It’s the one that was caught,” said one person.
The school’s long-time principal, Rabbi Avroham Pinter, died from Covid-19 last spring. The new principal is his son, Chaim, who became a director of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations in July last year.
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Rabbi Avrohom Pinter died in April of last year, days after going door-to-door to deliver public health warning; this week his school was used for an illegal celebration
Ephraim Mirvis called the event a shameful desecration of all we hold dear
The organiser of the Thursday wedding is now facing a £10,000 fine, police said
Five other people were handed £200 fines after officers were called at 9.14pm
School was run by Rabbi Avrohom Pinter until he died from Covid -19 last April
The gathering took place just hours after Priti Patel unveiled police crackdown
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