In a speech at Hebrew University Monday, singer Barbra Streisand expressed her dismay at what she called the “discriminatory behavior” against women by members of the hareidi community.
“There are women who are forced to sit at the back of the bus,” Streisand said, adding that it was just as shocking to her to hear that women who tried to pray at the Western Wall were attacked. Streisand called for full, equal rights for men and women in all corners of Israeli society – including hareidi-religious groups.