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Women from the West Bank city of Bethlehem march to protest honor killings and other forms of violence against women, Bethlehem, November 16, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Dear Arab men, leave us women out of your holy wars

An Arab teacher was recently attacked and fired for screening an ‘immodest’ film for his students, all in the name of protecting women’s ‘honor.’ This is the kind of article I am hesitant to publish in Hebrew or English. But out of my wholehearted belief that there are Jews in this world who can be…

By Samah Salaime March 1, 2016

Ultra Orthodox men stop bus because Tanya Rosenbilt refuses to move to the back (Photo: Tanya Rosenbilt)

Bus to Jerusalem stopped after woman refuses to move to back

All Tanya Rosenblit wanted to do was get on a bus to Jerusalem. She didn’t have any plans to turn into the Israeli Rosa Parks, when a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews demanded she move to the back of the bus It was supposed to be just another regular Friday morning for Tanya Rosenblit. Tanya had…

By Ami Kaufman December 17, 2011