Israel High Court

Israeli court fails to stop city concert that barred men and women sitting together

By Bob Smietana — August 16, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — An Israeli city wanted to ban men and women from sitting together at a publicly funded concert aimed at an ultra-Orthodox audience. Women's advocates said the concert violated anti-discrimination laws. Israel's high court agreed, but the ruling came too late to stop the concert.

Israel’s Supreme Court: Public ritual baths must accept non-Orthodox, too

By Michele Chabin — February 14, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) Until now, the Orthodox officials who administer all government-funded mikvahs have barred non-Orthodox converts.
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