The War on Women in Israel: A Story of Religious Radicalism and the Women Fighting for Freedom

Synopsis

Examines The Ways That Ultra-orthodox Jews Limit The Rights Of All Women In Israel By Insisting On A Strict Separation Of The Sexes--even Segregated Buses--and Control Marriage, Divorce, And Conversion, And Details Attempts At Resistance. Separate And Unequal : Gender Segregation On Public Buses -- Neither Seen Nor Heard : Erasing Women's Public Presence -- The Battle Of The Modesty Squads -- The Plight Of The Women Of The Wall -- War Within The Ranks : Religion And Gender Issues In The Israel Defense Forces -- Family Matters : The Fight Over Fertility -- A Not-so-perfect Union : Marriage, Divorce, And The Endless Suffering Of Chained Women -- The Official Judaism : Blacklists, Bastards, And The Conversion Problem -- The Little Girl Who Moved A Nation : How Na'ama Margolese Became A Face For Change. Elana Maryles Sztokman. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 293-340) And Index.