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Wigging out: DMV forces ultra-Orthodox NYC woman to remove head covering against her faith

New York Post·Kathianne Boniello, Doree Lewak·about 1 month ago
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A pair of heartless DMV workers forced an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn mom to strip her religious head covering for a driver’s license photo — leaving her “traumatized” and fearing an antisemitic ambush. Sara Fellig ultimately complied with what she described as the “coerced violation” of her faith and has lived with the shame ever since, she said in a Brooklyn Federal Court lawsuit. “Forcing Ms. Fellig — or any married, ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who wears a head covering — to remove [their] head covering in public is akin to forcing a secular person to strip naked in front of strangers, carrying all the same shame, humiliation, and abasement,” she said in the court papers filed against the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The workers at the Atlantic Avenue DMV office allegedly refused to let Sara Fellig wear her religious head covering.…

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