Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari quoted on the New York Times: “Expanding the powers of the Rabbinical courts excludes women” .
Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male rabbinical courts, and to bar women and men from mixing in many public arenas. A more recent proposal would let the rabbinical courts determine child support in some circumstances. “It’s important to emphasize: The rabbinical courts have only male […]