Haredim in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood of Jerusalem want the city to gender-segregate a new neighborhood swimming pool – and the public library.
Above: a haredi gender segregation sign (file)
Haredim Want To Gender-Segregate Public Library
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Haredim in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood of Jerusalem have asked the local neighborhood administration to gender-segregate a new neighborhood swimming pool – and the public library.
The city, which controls the library, claims not have received any official request to segregate it, Yeshiva World reported.
Ehud Rambach, the head of the local neighborhood administration which controls the pool has no direct control over the library. But Rambach, who is secular, says his administration may gender-segregate the pool – but not for religious reasons.
"[I]t is possible there will be separate hours for men and women without any connection to religious considerations,” Rambach reportedly said.