Israel Railways briefly stops service at Tel Aviv's HaShalom station due to alleged danger posed by demonstration; 6 held for trying to block train, 2 for disrupting public order

Feminist group organized demonstrations outside rabbinical tribunals in response to a bill that would expand their jurisdiction

Opposition lawmakers say draft amendment compromises women's position and is part of a slide toward theocracy

Social worker accompanying client whose husband is refusing a divorce is told her short-sleeved shirt is not modest enough to appear before judges

Demonstrations against Haredi military exemptions, religious and gender inequality were an effort to restore momentum of anti-overhaul movement, but public's response was muted

David* violated restraining order, was sent to prison for 8 months while refusing to grant his wife Lital* a divorce; yet Haifa rabbinical judges suggest they seek 'shalom bayit'

Legislation would allow religious courts to rule on civil cases when there is consent from both sides

AG comes out against proposal criminalizing bringing leavened goods into hospitals during Passover; groups representing 'chained' women oppose letting rabbis adjudicate civil cases

Researcher says demands by ultra-Orthodox party that external ombudsman be replaced by rabbinic judge and that courts be given expanded powers could be a dangerous combination

Tamar's ex-husband fled to the US to evade child support payments and refused to grant her a divorce, preventing her from starting a new relationship and having more children