The Ministerial Committee on Legislation endorsed, Sunday afternoon, a bill by Chairwoman Tzipi Hotovely of the Knesset Committee for Advancing the Status of Women that would reserve two seats for women on the committee to select rabbinical-court judges.
MK reacted by saying, "It'sa major amendmentto insureconsideration ofwomen'sinterestsin appointingjudges whoaffecting divorcearrangements.This isan importantelevationabove thenarrow politicalconsiderations,amongandbetweenmaintainingthe status quoorhurting religion."