Mehadrin lines

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Mehadrin lines (Hebrew: קו מהדרין) were ultra-Orthodox Jewish bus routes in Israel , where gender segregation was required for religious reasons. This facility came into being in the late 1990s, and in January 2011 the Israeli Supreme Court banned mandatory gender segregation on public transport routes.

The rear area of ​​the bus that could be entered through the back door was available to women and the front area to the front door was available to men. Certain advertisements were prohibited on the bus and women were required to wear “appropriate clothing”. The implementation of the Mehadrin principle (over-fulfillment of religious regulations) in buses was partly financed privately by wealthy ultra-orthodox Haredim , but partly the bus company Egged Mehadrin buses also used on individual routes .

The buses were highly controversial in Israel, particularly after some women preparing to take or sitting in the front area were assaulted by ultra-Orthodox men. According to a finding from a committee of the Ministry of Transport appointed by the Israeli Supreme Court , compulsory gender segregation is illegal and can only be done on a voluntary basis. In a judgment of January 6, 2011, the Supreme Court upheld this, stating that "an operator of public transport, like any other person, does not have the right to dictate or suggest to women where they can sit as women". Judge Elyakim Rubinstein added: "As I read these lines now, I am amazed that it was necessary to write something like this in 2010" and asks the question: "Have the times of Rosa Parks returned, the racial segregation Collapsed on a bus in Alabama in 1955 ? "

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  1. ↑ Sabine Brandes: Only in the back seats. Ultra-Orthodox fanatics in Jerusalem want to force additional bus routes by force - so that women are separated from men . Jewish General, March 5, 2009
  2. ↑ Silke Mertins: women in the back, men in front. In Jerusalem there is growing protest against ultra-Orthodox Jews and their privileges . NZZ on Sunday, March 21, 2010
  3. ^ Translation from English, cf. Yair Ettinger: High Court: Gender segregation legal on Israeli buses - but only with passenger consent . Haaretz, January 6, 2011

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