Once again conflict was the scene, this time in Givatayim, at the tziyun of the Rebbe of Shtefenesht (שטפנשט) on his yahrzeit. The kever is located in Givatayim. As is customary, arrangements were made for men and women mispallalim to enter different areas, which were well marked with signs.
Activists from the ‘Free Israel’ organization were unwilling to accept the gender separation situation; pointing out to authorities the signs are a violation of Supreme Court rulings as well as directives from the Ministry of Religious Services.
The organization, which is working to change the religion and state status quo, photographed the signs at the cemetery and posted them to the group’s Facebook page to express disapproval of the situation. The posting states the photograph was taken on June 26, 2013 at the Nachlas Yitzchak Beis Hachaim in Givatayim, compelling gender separation at the tziyun. Under the banner of “discrimination against women”, the organization decried the set up for the yahrzeit.
Needless to say some of the postings were not showing heartwarming support for frum Yidden of separation of women and men.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem / Photo: Free Israel Facebook page)
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Has anyone pointed out that if Eretz Yisrael were a political entity based on the 1918 boundaries (including both banks, i.e., all of Eretz Yisrael, which would result in an Islamic majority), there would be no objections to the single gender activities (not to mention, no objections to schools with a traditional Torah currciulum, no conscription, and no attempts by the government to “amend” halacha, and no laws prohibiting hareidim from gainful employment).
It seems the goal of the zionists is to convince as many frum Jews as possible that they would have been better off had the Turks been on the winning side in World War I. Is it possible that the fanatical secularists are being secretly funded by Neturei Karta, or even Hamas?
Yada yada yada. Same old same old. Nothing new under the sun. The worst anti-semites are of the Jewish variety. The same thugs who have been pushing for the longest time against religious observance and for the forced mixture of the genders to enable themselves to harass the gentler gender by “mistakenly” bumping them.
I find it hard to believe that someone who wants to go daven at the kever of a tzaddik is upset about separate entrances. These people just want to make trouble. They’re not interested in davening at the kever. “Free Israel” indeed. Free Israel of these kinds of people!
Places of prayer are not included in the court ruling. Not yet…
what a shame to use rights as an excuse to violate the religion at the very site you should be acting with greater sensitivity but then again these people not noted for the particular integrity
I’m with the secularists on this one, it’s considered shtuss to mandate separation at a kever.
I am not sure what all the posters are upset about. This protest has nothing to do with the government or even with the local authorities and-as indicated- are the fruit of a fringe group that has specific goals in mind. They are to the Israelis what thet neturei karta are to the chareidim.
It all depends where the signs where.
If it was only very close to the kever and only impacted those people going to the kevar, the protestors are wrong. However, if the sign was far away and might impact other people in the cemetery then the protestors are right.