We Asked Israeli Religious Women What They Think About Sex Segregation in Parks. The Answer Is Not So Simple

The idea of segregated bathing at Israeli springs has turned into a covert, internal struggle between Haredi women, on the one hand, and Orthodox and Hardali (nationalist ultra-Orthodox) women, on the other

From the road linking Kibbutz Ein Hanatziv and the city of Beit She’an, in northern Israel, the so-called white waterfalls neither look like waterfalls, nor are they white. As you approach the site, you discover a small oasis that is not fed by a natural spring: The water there comes from a pipe that channels the runoff from local fishponds. But any body of water in the scorching summer weather is an attraction that’s hard to compete with.