A Hebrew expression that describes “the exclusion of women”, is a phrase that few Israelis would have heard a few months ago.
Now, it’s become a household expression after Orthodox Jewish soldiers refused to attend an events that involved women.
Daniel Estrin reports that the phrase has also been used to segregate the men from the women.
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