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The Jerusalem Municipality published a separate event for children up to the age of 9 - and repeated it

An advertisement published by the municipality and the community administration in the Katamonim neighborhood states that the event is intended for boys and girls separately, but the municipality claimed that there was an error in the administration's publication and that it was corrected immediately.

On the other hand, a member of the administration claims that the separation comes from a requirement of the Torah Culture Division of the municipality as a condition for its existence.

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• separation

• Gender segregation

• Lag B'Omer

• Jerusalem

Maya Horodnichano

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 18:28

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The ad stating that the event will take place separately (Photo: screenshot, without)

The Jerusalem Municipality and the Community Administration in the Katamonim neighborhood published a separate event for children up to the age of nine in the mixed neighborhood - and repeated them.

The municipality claimed that there was an error in the publication of the community administration and that it was corrected immediately.

But according to sources involved in the matter, criticisms and doubts arose in the neighborhood about the separation that led to the change immediately.

The women's lobby contacted the municipality and stated that this was against the law and the position of the ombudsman.

The event, intended for Lag B'Omer, is supposed to include a show of dancers, fire tricks and magnet photography, and be held near a commercial center, according to the purple mark.

It was initially stated that it was intended for boys and girls separately until the age of nine, and another published advertisement stated that "the event is intended for parents and children and is suitable for the ultra-Orthodox public."

In another version that was finally published, and which the municipality referred to, no target audience was specified at all.

The three ads stated that the clients were the Torah Culture Division of the Jerusalem Municipality and the Gonenim Community Administration.

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The first amendment in which the publication on separation was removed, but it was written that the event is intended for the ultra-Orthodox public (Photo: screenshot, without)

The municipality stated in response that "the municipality's investigation shows that there was an error by the community administration in drafting the first ad that was published to the public. Immediately afterwards, a new ad was published stating that the event is open to the general public - without separation."

Yossi Saidov, a member of the board of the Gonenim Community Administration, says on the other hand that "the response of the Jerusalem Municipality is incorrect, the demand for the publication and publication of the separation was a condition for the event of the Torah Culture Division of the Jerusalem Municipality." And promotes separation for children up to the age of nine, and does not convey the truth to the public. "

The amended ad without reference to the separation, or that the event is intended for the ultra-Orthodox (Photo: screenshot, without)

In the women's lobby, the municipality appealed yesterday to cancel the separation. "Separation between men and women in the public sphere, easy and material between boys and girls, as part of a publicly funded event, is prohibited and illegal," reads a request that also refers to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's opinion on separation at cultural events in local authorities.

In a summary of the discussion from August 2019, the ombudsman referred, among other things, to the age of the event's target audience and wrote that it should be noted that the event is not intended for children or families (such as activities or happenings on holidays and vacations). "And the non-existence of a separation may prevent participation in it." He also referred to an event that is not paid or registered, and wrote that "if it is registration or payment, then of course there is a growing understanding of the uniqueness of the event to an audience interested in this format."

"There is no doubt that boys and girls, both religious and ultra-Orthodox, are able to spend time in joint leisure activities, as they have done for over seven decades since the establishment of the state. Many families, including ultra-Orthodox, are interested in continuing to attend events together, without partition or separation. "Separation under the auspices of local authorities - not only is it discriminatory in itself and unjustified, but it contributes to the expansion and normalization of separate spaces in many areas of life in Israel, a phenomenon that has already been determined to be eradicated," the women's lobby added.

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