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Ultra-Orthodox audience gets all-male Israeli gov’t…after photoshop


Most readers of WLST know that I often write about when I see men, men and more men in prominent places – whether it’s on the President’s stimulus bill conference committee or in a big time photo op when he’s signing his first bill.

Well – the ultra-Orthodox Israeli newspaper, Yated Ne’eman, outdoes both those moments. From the blog at Foreign Policy:

The Israeli ultra-Orthodox newspaper Yated Neeman reached new levels of Stalin-esque photoshop audacity by doctoring photos of Israel’s new government to remove female ministers Limor Livnat and Sofa Landver and replacing them with male ministers. (Click the photo for a larger version.) If Tzipi Livni had been elected, I would imagine the paper would have been pretty text-heavy on most days. [emphasis mine]

To say the least.  Voz is Neias reports, however:

During the election, campaign posters featuring female candidate Tzipi Livni were defaced near ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods.

Lots of interesting comments there.

Here’s the photo:

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[Photo from Suomen Kuvalehti]

Here’s a description of the paper:

Yated Ne’eman-Bnei Brak is the only English edition of the only paper in the world that is completely controlled by rabbonim.

It’s nearly Shabbat and Passover. I’m going to restrain myself from commenting on the boasting about it being “…the only English edition of the only paper in the world that is completely controlled by rabbonim.”

The NYT and others have reported on this as well.  No comment so far from Bibi, but I’d say that he needs to grow some and tell the paper to straighten up and publish right.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:26 pm April 3rd, 2009 in Civil Rights, Culture, Ethics, Gender, Government, Israel, Jewish, Judaism, Politics, Sexism, Social Issues, Women, democracy, intolerance, leadership 

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2 Responses to “Ultra-Orthodox audience gets all-male Israeli gov’t…after photoshop”

  1. 1 BRM on April 4th, 2009 7:54 am

    My very first reaction to this was to send it to you with a “wait until you see THIS” but of course you got to it first! I guess they think that wishing will make it so.

  2. 2 Laura on April 4th, 2009 8:22 am

    It’s bad enough that there are only two women in the cabinet, now they need to be made invisible too. I say no gefilte fish for the rabbis if they can’t acknowledge a woman’s worth–and presence.

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