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Tel Aviv yanks group’s permit to hold public events over Sukkot after Yom Kippur fracas

28 September 2023, 7:30 pm 10 Edit

Israel Zeira, head of Rosh Yehudi, an Orthodox group, speaks with police officers during protests after the group set up a gender divider for a Yom Kippur public prayer event at Dizengoff Square, in Tel Aviv, September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

The Tel Aviv municipality has revoked Rosh Yehudi’s permits to hold Sukkot-related events in the coastal city during the upcoming Jewish holiday, after altercations broke out this week at a mass public prayer organized by the group for Yom Kippur.

According to city hall, the decision was made after a hearing on “the violation of the permit conditions… by placing a stage without the necessary permit and the use of physical barriers for gender separation, in opposition to the municipality’s policies.”

The municipality said that during the hearing, Rosh Yehuda denied staging a gender-segregated event on Yom Kippur “and did not express sorrow for its conduct or take responsibility for it.”