Two religious groups asked Israel’s justice minister to revoke the appointment of 15 new fervently Orthodox rabbinical judges. These dayanim would exacerbate existing bias against women in divorce proceedings, Tzohar, an organization of Orthodox rabbis, and Emunah, the national religious women’s group, wrote to Daniel Friedmann.
According to Ha’aretz, Tzohar said the appointments “run contrary to the Jewish values of the State of Israel and deliver a harsh blow to the public’s trust in the rabbinical court system.”
The groups added in their letter to Friedmann, “By backing the appointment method and the actual appointment of these dayanim, you are betraying an entire public that is forced to deliberate at this court system, a public that includes miserable women, wrecked families and the oppressed members of society.”
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