Netanya, Israel – A resident of Netanya recently filed a suit for NIS 32,000 (roughly $9,000) against Chevra Kadisha after she was asked to stand separate from men in a funeral she attended. “This is discriminatory and is against our world view,” she claimed.
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Susan Ayad said that last January she attended the funeral of a close friend in a Netanya cemetery. As they gathered in the eulogy square the mourners were shocked discover that large planters dividing the floor into two parts.
“The rabbi holding the service on behalf of Chevra Kadisha asked the men to stand on one side of the partition and the women to stand on the other side,” the claim stated.
Ayad claims the forced separation sparked feelings of humiliation, rage and insult. “I don’t understand how in a public place such as a cemetery someone can order me where to stand just because I’m a woman.”
She consequently filed a suit with the Netanya Small Claims Curt against Chevra Kadisha with the help of the Progressive Judaism Movement’s legal aid services.
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It appears that she does not want the chevra kadisha to attend to her when the time comes.
What does she think “kadisha” means.
Actually, the Chevra Kadisha in my city tried to prevent me from attending the cemetery at my FATHER’S levaya. I basically looked the head of C.K. in the eye and told him NOTHING would prevent me from accompanying my father to his resting place. He took the hint. I hate when a member of one group tries to impose his minhag on another group.
Hope she takes the Mehadrin bus to court. . . .
Pure sillyness…
What’s 9000 dollars?
the talmud states explicitly seperation during funeral. if you dont follow the oral law this sitr is not for your commenting
If she doesnt like the Chevra Kadisha’s rules she doesnt have to have a t’hara & her relatives dont need one either. Too bad on her and I pray the suit is tossed!
Stupid law suit but the leftist anti religious will sue over anything
I don’t know about Israeli laws so well, but in America this would never hold up. Sounds like the rabbi announced that men should stand on one side and women on the other, which they did. He didn’t force anyone physically, tell them they had to leave otherwise, yell at them, etc. He just said men over here and women over here. And, according to the article, she didn’t say anything there. She instead waited til she got home to fire a lawsuit, lol. If she protested and he still made her, etc. etc. , it would be more of an issue.
A funeral is not really a public place either (at least in America). Once again, I don’t know about Israel, but here they are pretty private. You BUY a piece of land. You PAY to have it kept up. It’s not a public park or something. People own pieces of it.
So could somebody also sue them for disallowing a cremation cv”s?
#20 its a beferishe gemorrah. If you are not as well versed in shas as me dont show it. Anyone out there willing to show reference? I’ll wait and then tell exactly where
#21 no. the govt cant come in to a religious place and tell us not to have mechites or not to sit separate
#26 and thats what the gemorrah refers to when discussing …see #12