UK leaders of an orthodox Jewish sect have banned women in their community from driving, saying the presence of female drivers contradicted the “traditional rules of modesty.” Belz rabbis, of the Chasidic Jewish tradition that maintains a conservative lifestyle, sent a letter last week to Jewish families in London stating that children would be banned from schools and other educational institutions... 

A Chasidic rabbi pleaded guilty in an $8.5 million tax evasion scam. Rabbi Naftali Tzi Weisz offered the plea Tuesday at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, according to news reports. The 61-year-old, Brooklyn-based Spinka rabbi admitted using a charity to avoid paying federal taxes. Four other Spinka community members also pleaded guilty on charges of fraud related to the charity. Judge...