Ultra-Orthodox MKs table bills on religion and public sphere
Ultra-Orthodox legislators in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government this week tabled bills seeking gender segregated swimming hours at springs in Israel's national parks and nature reserves, and a ban on bringing leavened products into hospitals during the Passover holiday, when consumption of such foods is forbidden under Jewish religious law. Opposition politicians and pluralism activists condemned the moves, saying they would deepen rifts in Israeli society.
Uri Keidar, executive director of Yisrael Hofsheet, Be Free Israel, an organization that supports religious freedom and…
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