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Jews gather on the eve of Tisha B'av at a synagogue in Tel Aviv for the annual reading of the Book of Lamentations, August 12, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 24, 2025, 10:23 pm
Tel Aviv tells synagogues to operate ‘without distinction of gender,’ sparking storm
City says non-discrimination clause in new contract won’t affect Orthodox practice of men and women praying separately, but lawyers warn it could expose synagogues on municipal land to lawsuits
By Rossella Tercatin
A Taliban security personnel stands guard as Afghan Shiite Muslim women march during a religious procession held to mark Ashura, on the tenth day of the Islamic holy month of Muharram, in Kabul on July 6, 2025. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
July 8, 2025, 7:39 pm
ICC seeks to arrest Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls
Judges say Taliban’s leader, top justice ‘severely deprived’ women and girls of their basic rights since seizing power; warrants make good on chief prosecutor’s January request
By Agencies
Student seen at the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem, May 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 11:07 am
Bill allowing gender segregation in graduate courses passes 1st Knesset vote
Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech lauds legislation as ‘true equality,’ while Labor MK Merav Michaeli decries it as promoting ‘discrimination against women’
By Sam Sokol
Susan Smith (L) and Marion Calder, directors of For Women Scotland celebrate as they leave Britain's Supreme Court in London on April 16, 2025, following the court's ruling on how to define a 'woman'. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
April 16, 2025, 7:37 pm
UK’s top court rules definition of a woman is based on biological sex
Government welcomes ‘clarity’ on issue; trans rights advocates condemn judgment, which Harry Potter author Rowling lauds for ‘protecting rights of women and girls’
By Agencies
The Orthodox Jewish group Rosh Yehudi sets up a gender divider made of Israeli flags at a public prayer service in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
October 9, 2024, 10:12 pm
Supreme Court orders Tel Aviv to allow public Yom Kippur prayers with gender partition
Justices criticize municipal authority for what they said was discrimination against Orthodox worshippers, express frustration at Tel Aviv’s refusal to compromise
By Jeremy Sharon
A woman argues with Rosh Yehudi activists at a mass street prayer for Yom Kippur on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
October 9, 2024, 5:00 am
High Court to rule on public Tel Aviv Yom Kippur prayer amid fears of repeat clashes
On Wednesday morning, judges are set to weigh in on a controversial service that underscores deep rifts in Israeli society and saw violent confrontations when it was held last year
By Mati Wagner
Orthodox Jews pray on the Tisha B'Av day of mourning, in Tel Aviv on July 26, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 12, 2024, 6:23 pm
Sidelined by war, fight over gender-segregated prayer in Tel Aviv resumes in court
Residents file petition alleging discrimination in city’s refusal to permit Yom Kippur service, citing Muslim public events where municipal barriers separated male, female worshipers
By Canaan Lidor
A protester tackling Rabbi Leo Dee as he prays at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 5, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 5, 2023, 1:34 pm
Tel Aviv officials, activists disrupt protest prayer led by terror-bereaved rabbi
Municipal workers dismantle sex-segregation barrier placed in Dizengoff Square by Rabbi Leo Dee and other worshipers in response to confrontations over the divider on Yom Kippur
By Canaan Lidor
Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Birkat HaKohanim priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, October 2, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2023, 8:16 pm
Worshipers hail ‘remedial’ priestly prayer in Jerusalem after Tel Aviv confrontation
Many at the vast event at the Western Wall describe it as a corrective experience
By Canaan Lidor
The DreamWorks Water Park is seen at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, September 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
October 1, 2023, 5:59 am
NJ megamall to offer gender-segregated swimming on Sukkot for Orthodox clientele
Haredi Jews often throng to American Dream Mall for mini golf, ice skating, a theme park and more during the Jewish holidays – but this year, its water park is making waves
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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)
September 29, 2023, 4:56 pm
Judge rejects Orthodox group’s petition over canceled permits for its Sukkot events
Tel Aviv District Court judge urges Rosh Yehudi, municipality to come to agreement on planned gatherings in city, after Yom Kippur altercations; jurist cites ‘reasonableness law’
By ToI Staff
Protesters shout at Israel Zeira (right), founder of the Orthodox Jewish group Rosh Yehudi, which set up a gender divider for a public prayer event on Yom Kippur in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
September 29, 2023, 11:11 am
Fearing religious takeover, activists see ‘secular awakening’ in Yom Kippur fray
The breaking up of a prayer event over gender segregation has galvanized liberals worried about a slide into coercion, with battle lines mirroring divisions found in overhaul fight
By Canaan Lidor
Activists from the Rosh Yehudi organization set up a divider made of Israeli flags ahead of a public prayer event in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur eve, September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
September 28, 2023, 9:38 pm
Tel Aviv yanks religious group’s permits for Sukkot events after Yom Kippur fracas
Municipality casts Rosh Yehudi’s use of physical gender barriers as ‘severe’ violation of permit conditions, says now-nixed plans could have caused another public disturbance
By Michael Horovitz
Secular and Orthodox Israelis at a contested public prayer service in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 28, 2023, 2:26 am
We all know who to blame for the Jewish intolerance of Yom Kippur 5784
And we all find it abhorrent and inexplicable that the other side acted in the way it did. But mutual accusation is not going to heal our destructive national divide
By David Horovitz
File: National Security Itamar Ben Gvir visits south Tel Aviv, September 3, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 2:45 pm
Pressure mounts on Ben Gvir to ‘lower the flames,’ call off Tel Aviv prayer rally
Many in coalition, including PM, urge minister to stay away following Yom Kippur clashes; Opposition Leader Lapid tells secular activists not to give him limelight by protesting
By Michael Horovitz
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