14.03.2012                      20.Adar. 5772

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MKs clash over appointment of female dayanim

Women’s rights advocates made several proposals to have at least 1 woman appointed to the Rabbinical committee.

Women’s rights advocates made several proposals to have at least one woman appointed to the Selection Committee for Rabbinical Judges on Tuesday, during a tempestuous hearing of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women.
The Israel Bar Association’s election of two male candidates to the 10-man committee back in November meant that there would be no women on the committee for the first time in 12 years, a situation which women’s rights groups are trying to reverse….