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Judge Orders Cremation of Transgender Woman Who Committed Suicide

jewish lawBy Joe Levin November 18, 2015 Leave a comment

The Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday rejected a petition by the family of May Peleg, a transgender woman who committed suicide last weekend, that she be buried rather than cremated. The court ordered that Peleg’s body be cremated, as she requested in her will.

Haredi Family of Transgender Woman Tries To Stop Her Cremation After Suicide

jewish lawBy Joe Levin November 17, 2015 Leave a comment

The ultra-Orthodox family of a transgender woman who committed suicide over the weekend is trying to stop the cremation of her body, despite the woman’s wish to be cremated, as expressed in her will. Jerusalem District Court will hand down its ruling in the matter Wednesday.