The United Synagogue has reached a settlement with a kosher supervisor who sued it for allegedly objecting to the state of his beard.
Jonathan Abrahams, 58, a Lubavitch Chasid from Stamford Hill, North London, was made redundant by the US more than a year ago.
But after applying unsuccessfully for other jobs in the organisation, he filed claims of religious and age discrimination.
Mr Abrahams is understood to have argued that US officials took issue with the tidiness of his beard.
