Mogilev, Belarus - Menorahs And Other Religious Articles Removed From Kindergarten

Mogilev, Belarus - A Jewish kindergarten in Belarus was forced to remove Menorahs and other Jewish symbols from a classrooms after a prosecutor accused the teacher of violating the country’s religious law.
The prosecutor says Lyudmila Izakson-Bolotovskaya violated the law by holding Jewish religious celebrations inside the school, which is located in a government building in the city of Mogilev. The prosecutor’s action came after recent some celebrations in the kindergarten, which featured a children’s Jewish musical group, were shown on local tv news.

Prosecutors argued that Izakson-Bolotovskaya, who also leads the music group, violated the children’s rights, and that television coverage of the event illegally propagated Judaism. The teacher was warned that she might be prosecuted if the actions are repeated.

U/D: 06/15/06
Jewish leader Yakov Basin, has sent a letter to Belarusian officials arguing that a local prosecutor illegally forced the Jewish kindergarten teacher to remove Jewish symbols from the classrooms.