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Rabbi Dov Lipman, at Beit Shemesh rally against Haredi extremism, December 2011 (Photo: Dahlia Scheindlin)
Between a rock and a Haredi place: profile of a liberal rabbi
Rabbi Dov Lipman is soft-spoken and not even 41 years old, but has seen his share of action on the battleground of Israeli society. He’s taken verbal beatings and sustained physical injury. He’s won praise and publicity, and drawn fire too, for his tireless struggle against religious extremists literally next door. Lipman is a Haredi-ordained…
By Dahlia Scheindlin August 23, 2012
Religious entitlement: Woman takes a stand where the state won’t
They are comparing her to Rosa Parks, the courageous woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus in 1955. She says she didn’t mean to take a stand but couldn’t back down when faced with a terrifying and unbelievably sexist situation. On Friday morning, in what continues to be a chain of…
By Ori J. Lenkinski December 18, 2011
Ultra Orthodox men stop bus because Tanya Rosenbilt refuses to move to the back (Photo: Tanya Rosenbilt)
Bus to Jerusalem stopped after woman refuses to move to back
All Tanya Rosenblit wanted to do was get on a bus to Jerusalem. She didn’t have any plans to turn into the Israeli Rosa Parks, when a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews demanded she move to the back of the bus It was supposed to be just another regular Friday morning for Tanya Rosenblit. Tanya had…
By Ami Kaufman December 17, 2011
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