Haifa District Court Judge, Ron Shapira, who accepted the petition of the women’s lobby against the performance of Motty Steinmetz and Mordechai Ben David that is supposed to take place in Haifa next week, ruled that a special hearing will be held about the issue of segregated seating at the concert. The hearing is scheduled for Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
The women’s lobby petitioned the court for an injunction against the concert after it was determined that the concert would be for men only. As is widely known, the Chareidi community does not often attend concerts with mixed seating and these particular performers, Steinmetz more than MBD, refuse to perform in front of a mixed crowd.
Shapira responded to the petition that was made against the city and asked the lobby group why the singers were not listed as interested parties in the petition, seeing as how any outcome will likely cause them financial loss. In addition, the Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has stated publicly that he will look into the legalities of having separate seating at concerts in general, and therefore should also have been included as those from whom a response to the petition is requested from.
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The courts across Israel go on summer vacation starting on Sunday afternoon. Thus, the court has two working days left to give a decision regarding the petition.
The city of Haifa responded to the women’s lobby group on Tuesday and said that they have no intention of changing any of the plans regarding the concert. “One cannot argue that the Chareidi community, like all the other residents of the city of Haifa, is entitled to receiving cultural services from the city. These services must respect the beliefs and lifestyle of the community as well as provide them with what they need just like they do for anybody else. The city has every right to split up the budget for cultural events and services equally to all residents of the city while simultaneously providing those services in a style that best befits the beliefs of these various communities. This holds true for all of the residents of the city, and especially for the religious elements.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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What the court rules the decision that overtakes the ruling will be for a conservative twist on the courts if only applied to the courts in a way of manipulation and exaggeration. The courts also need to take a stance on how they finalize the decisiveness of the details and how the public has a chance to react and they sure will. So the publication of the report is a big deal and the ramifications will be magnified by the attitude of the jury if there even is one. The morbid attitude toward the people will bubble and boil fast so the court would better be suggesting a ruling that goes beyond the ruling of the courts and the courts would oblige that there would be a ruling if there would be a normal stance on the jury’s end stationed in the ruling of the courts rendering.
Why do the Woman’s Lobby attack the religious concert only? They should attack also the descrimination in the Arab and Bedouin worlds too!
The reason is simple: they are self hating Jews who can not stand to see us religious Jews serving HaShem in all we do.