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Charedi activist Shraga Stern sparks anger by calling Rabbi Avraham Pinter 'Kapo'

He sent an email addressed to 'Dear Kapo Pinter' to hundreds in Stamford Hill

March 19, 2019 13:00
Shraga Stern
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The outspoken Charedi activist who has repeatedly campaigned in support of Jeremy Corbyn has sparked anger by calling a leading Rabbi a “Kapo” in an email circulated to hundreds in the Stamford Hill community.

Shraga Stern sent an email on Saturday evening to “Dear Kapo Pinter” - addressing Rabbi Avraham Pinter, chairman of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregation's (UOHC) external affairs committee.

The pair have disagreed repeatedly over recent months over the community's responses to changes to government policy on the teaching of LGBT issues in schools, which Mr Stern has aggressively opposed.

“Kapo” was a term for prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labour.