SA'UDI ISRAEL:

Israel’s Sex-Segregated Buses Riding High (Nathan Jeffay, June 16, 2010, The Forward)

The 322 is the only autobus mehadrin running to and from Tel Aviv. The phrase autobus mehadrin, a new addition to the Israeli lexicon in the last decade, literally means beautified bus. It refers to a route that meets Haredi standards of modesty: Men sit at the front and women at the back.

Critics say that these routes — around 60 in number — are anything but beautiful. They claim that the segregation they practice is religious coercion at its worst because if non-haredim refuse to comply with the separation of the sexes, violence sometimes results.

It's only offensive if the Arab does it.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 16, 2010 5:53 PM