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Segregation is discrimination! | Moving in the Community (zazim.org.il)

 

To:The Likud party’s coalition negotiating team

Not at our expense!

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Outright rejected the demand of religious Zionism and Torah Judaism to enshrine gender discrimination in legislation. Segregation is discrimination!

Why is this important?

This morning (20.11) it was reported that religious Zionism and Torah Judaism are demanding that the Likud enshrine in legislation that gender segregation at public events will not be considered discrimination (!).

The fear of election results becomes a reality, and women, as usual, are the first in the crosshairs. We will not let these dark trends and policies pass. Gender “segregation” always falls on the women – whether it is a girl who cannot play in the league because the team in front of her is not ready to play with a daughter, or a woman who cannot sit at the front of the bus. Women are constantly excluded from the public sphere. Making this discriminatory phenomenon legal is dangerous and frightening.

Join the reading: separate is not worth! Women’s rights are human rights, and when extremist forces try to discriminate against women under the auspices of the law, we must and must act. Join now the call to the Likud’s coalition negotiating team to reject the demands of religious Zionism and Torah Judaism and to protect the basic right of Israeli women to equality. It is possible to stop the dangerous legislation if we act now as long as the negotiations continue. Add your name and share it in all directions:

 

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We wondered when it would happen – after years of digging the subway in Tel Aviv, finally a hole has opened up in the middle of Ibn Gvirol street.  It isn’t very big, but it fulfills our terror of the dangers of all that digging.  

I’m almost as terrified of all those Israeli soccer fans in Qatar today.  It’s like something has to happen.  Something always happens at soccer matches.

 

holes in Tel Aviv – Nov 20, 2022 Read Post »

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boy did  I not want to attend the housing co-op meeting tonight.  And I was right.  Usually, it’s a very friendly and comfortable evening since most of the tenants have been in this building since the beginning, over 50 years ago. But some of the men passed away, the women are getting old, and new tenants have arrived who would like a more modern establishment.  Their plan is to tear down the building and rebuild it with a security room and extra space.  The problem is that old widows don’t relish moving out for three years while the house is being rebuilt and expanded so there is an automatic tension in the building.  Suddenly the board has quit and half the people are dissatisfied with the state of the building, there was a lot of tension. And our old manager is now overworked and short on patience.  So Ezi took over.  And the first thing to happen was he was being blamed for things he did out of generosity.  People were screaming all over the place.  

This has been my favorite place for years = but the prospect of increasing our property value has  made us a little crazy.  At least the younger people.  The older people want things to stay the same.

 

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As I was finishing setting the table for Friday night dinner, there was an enormous boom from outside the window next to me.  A woman had crashed her car into the poles across the street and was sitting there in the ruins of her car, completely confused.  Everyone came out and as I kept bringing her water i realized she must have been in diabetic shock. the only good news is the chickens weren’t burnt.

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Nov 18, 2022 – I keep looking for something good to say about the politics here.  But all I can cling to is the words of our president, who says wonderful things when the thickest Knesset in history is being sworn in, calling for “listening, respect and openness.”  As if.

But just the fact that Isaac Herzog can imagine a pleasant discussion and a positive future may be a good thing.  Maybe there are a few Knesset members who listen to him.  Maybe some others will follow.  

I doubt it.

 

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Robert Pinsky talked to us yesterday, and we in Israel were overwhelmed to find the similarities between American Jewish poetic experiences and Israeli – particularly the understanding of the words of the prayers and the intoxication of the melody. 

This video is here:  

Near the end, Pinsky connects his haftorah of Isaiah chastising the people for practicing rituals without understanding and believing, preferring that they practice good deeds, and says he chooses to practice good deeds.  

Maybe I understood it wrong because it has been in my heart for so long.  The phrase, “We will do and we will listen,” which is often repeated as justification for rituals, is one I’ve debated about for decades.  And it is reflected in the way I brought up my children.

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swearing in - nov 15, 2022

The terrible murder of three citizens today by a terrorist would have been enough to ruin the day, but the additional confusion that postponed the swearing-in of the new government helped me change my direction.  The realization that things may reverse at any given moment has been renewed in my mind.  I certainly don’t mean this is good or bad, but terribly tenuous.  I used to think of this when we sat in the chemo treatment room – that the same person with whom I am sharing a joke today may be underground tomorrow.  And, of course, I myself may not pass my blood test tomorrow.  

My hope for Bibi’s sanity suddenly returned today.  Despite the difficulty of the situation, he may work it out so that the extremists are not in a position of such control. 

He may not.

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