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Israeli Woman Refuses Ultra-orthodox Dictate

Israeli woman refuses ultra-Orthodox dictate to move to back of bus

A woman passenger on a public bus from Ashdod to Jerusalem Friday was told by an ultra-Orthodox male passenger to move to the back of the bus. Ref. Source 4

Dictate Ultra-orthodox Refuses Woman Israeli

Peres urges Israelis to protest against religious extremism

More than 10,000 people expected at a rally in Beit Shemesh to protest exclusion of women; President says all citizens of Israel must defend the character of the country against ultra-Orthodox fanatics. Ref. Source 8

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Ultra-Orthodox spit on "immodest" 8-year-old girl in Beit Shemesh

Video - Naama told her story on the most watched news show in the country. Interviewed by Channel 2's Shai Gal, Naama told how she was afraid to go to school, just a few hundred meters from her house in Bet Shemesh, because Haredim cursed and spit on her for being dressed "immodestly." Ref. Source 6

Dictate Ultra-orthodox Refuses Woman Israeli

Orthodox Judaism treats women like filthy little things

If a man and a woman are drowning in a river, first they'll save the man, 'who is obligated to perform more commandments,' whereas a woman's 'wisdom is only in the spindle.' In fact, 'words of Torah should be burned rather than being given to women.' Ref. Source 2