80% of state-funded Israeli Chanukah events have male-only casts

Published: 11 December 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Channel 20 will air eight performances for children, all of which will feature only men; 25 arrested after clashes at huge ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem

Eighty percent of state-funded Chanukah events have male-only casts (Haaretz)
Local authorities organise the events, but the Jewish Culture Department of the Ministry for Higher Education funds and advertises them. Channel 20 will air eight performances for children, all of which will feature only men

25 arrested after clashes at huge ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem (Times of Israel)
Demonstrators objecting to planned light rail that will go through their neighbourhoods, break into building site, set city vehicles and dumpsters on fire

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Photo: An ad on Facebook for a Chanukah show with an all-male cast in Tirat Hacarmel (Jewish Culture Department of the Ministry for Higher Education/Facebook)