Slippery Slope

Rabbi Hillel Horowitz, no. 13 on “HaBayit HaYehudi” party’s candidate list, is opposed to women singing in public, and thinks that Israeli Arabs are unwanted guests in the country.

(Hebrew – Walla!)

A children’s basketball match between Elitzur Ra’anana and Maccabi Alfei Menashe was stopped after the Ra’anana coach refused to allow his team to play against a team which included a girl, claiming that some of his team members are religious and forbidden from touching females.  The Alfei Menashe coach refused to bench his team member, and a technical win was granted to Elitzur Ra’anana.  An inquiry made by blogger Hanan Cohen found that this is not a unique case and that the basketball association regulations allow integrating girls in games only if the opposing team agrees.

(Hebrew – Nana10)

(Hebrew – Hanan Cohen’s Blog)

The managment of the Amishav Community Center in Petach-Tikva has decided to cancel a mixed-gender spinning class and announced that the class will be split into separate segragated groups.

(Hebrew – Mynet)

A number of observant employees of the Bank of Israel left a Memorial Day ceremony held at by the bank in protest over the performance of singer Shuli Natan.  Other employees chose not to attend the ceremony for the same reason.

(Hebrew - nrg)

Haredi soldiers have announced that they will boycott the Memorial Day ceremony in the IDF’s Naval Commando base in Atlit if it will include women singing.

(Hebrew - Walla)

During an acrobatics performance in Modi’in a woman who volunteered to participate went on stage.  On the request of Haredi crowd members the woman was removed from the stage after a short while and only men were asked on stage thereafter. (Haaretz)

(Hebrew - Haaretz)

In order to receive the strict mehadrin kashrut certificate from Agudat Yisrael’s Badatz (Rabbinical Court), the Haredi-owned Heimische Essen restaurant in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem will stop employing waitresses on Thursday evenings, when large numbers of yeshiva students patronize the eatery. (Haaretz)

An orthodox high school student from Dimona who has been suspended from school for the past three months claims (blog) the suspension is due to her working at a fast food chain alongside members of the opposite sex.

Residents of the settlement of Ahiya in the Shilo area have stated that they refuse to house female soldiers in the settlement and that they will secure the settlement by themselves.

(Hebrew - Hakol Hayehudi)

A booklet distributed to officers by the IDF’s Chief Rabbi, Brigadier General Rafi Peretz, contains political views. The booklet presents the thought of Rabbi Eli Sadan who discusses the limits of “governmental morality”, explains the cause of “Price Tag” pogroms and claims that the IDF does not discriminate against women.

(Hebrew)