Thank you for such a well written article.

re: "Aryeh Deri, a veteran politician and a former minister who returned to politics after a long break and imprisonment for alleged corruption while in office."

No need for the word "alleged". He was convicted on charges of corruption.

Thanks Debra for such an excellent post.

When you said that you "appreciate" that conformity is a communal norm in the Haredi world, I suppose we can assume you were "recognizing" this state of affairs -- not endorsing such practice.

You referred to "Jerusalem buses passing through Haredi neighborhoods". I'm sure most of your readers are aware that there are some 90 bus lines that are 'segregated', not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Israel; both intra-city and inter-city.

Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel
@religion_state

Thank you for your interesting post. I believe it is an excellent introduction. However, I recommend that future posts tackle the much more complicated issues of religion and state in Israel.

The Jerusalem Post recently placed an online survey which included the following questions:

Which stream of Judaism should be recognized by the state when performing marriage ceremonies?
Should the state recognize civil marriage?
Which stream of Judaism should be recognized by the state when performing conversions to Judaism?
Should ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students be exempted from service in the IDF?

Looking forward to reading future posts on these and other issues of religion and state in Israel.

Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel

http://religionandstateinisrael.blogspot.com/

Religion and State in Israel