JUSTICE FOR JEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 249, 9 February 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

JUSTICE FOR JEWS.

lhe ethics of Jewish religion and life generally make it impossible for many Jewish quarels to be settled in the ordinary police or county courts. It is not generally known, however, that the Jews have a Court of their own in London, where all needful inquiries and dispute? are dealt with according to Jewish law. The court is just off Aldgate, closo to the Great Synagogue, in the heart of Hebrew London, iijjd is known ai tho House of Judgment, or, as the Jews calls it, tfie Beth Din. A raised bench runs along one side of the courtloom, and in the centre are tho seats of the judges and court officials. The head judge, the Chief Rabbi, has a seat in the centre, with the Davanim, or assistant judges, on either "side of him. The latter always include an expert English lawyer and the Head of tho Shochet:m—the licensed butchers who may kill cattle only after the prescribed Jewish manner. The cases heard at the Jewish House of Judgment nearly always include applicants for licences as siaughterers of meat—licences which are only granted after strict scrutiny of the appliant's qualifications. The Jewish Court always hold the sittings in private, no newspaper reports are permitted, and there is no admission for the public in any circumstances whatever.