Yom Kippur

Supreme Court: Jews can conduct Yom Kippur prayer in Tel Aviv public area

Following an appeal against the Tel Aviv municipality's ban on prayer with a mechitzah in a public area, the Supreme Court struck down the prohibition based on a proposed compromise.

Supreme Court (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled against the city of Tel Aviv and in favor of the Berosh Yehudi organization in the Yom Kippur prayer case, saying that the organization may conduct a public Yom Kippur prayer, including separators for men and women, according to Ynet.

This ends a yearlong saga in which Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai consistently opposed efforts to establish a traditional prayer in a central public area in Tel Aviv, on the grounds that there are multiple synagogues throughout the city and that he opposes separation between people.

During the deliberation, the justices said that Tel Aviv sought to discriminate against Orthodox prayers and that "to say 'I am only against the mechitzah' is like saying 'I am only against the kipa.'"


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This is honestly very surprising, in a good way :-)
Anonymous 09.10.24

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