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Case: HCJ 933/12 CWJ et.al. v. Committee to Appoint Rabbinic Judges
31/1/2012
Read Supreme Court decision 933-12
In November 2011, no woman was appointed to sit on the Committee to Appoint Rabbinic Judges.
In January 2012, CWJ filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the systemic discriminatory makeup of the Committee to Appoint Rabbinic Judges. At the time, 4 seats on the ten-person committee could only be filled by men since they were earmarked for the 2 Chief Rabbis and 2 rabbinic judges. Calling on the Court to protect women’s basic right to equality, CWJ petitioned the Court to order the Committee to guarantee 4 seats for women as well. 8 other NGOs joined our petition.,
In 2013, the Knesset amended the Rabbinic Judges Law of 1955 in accordance with CWJ’s recommendations in the case, guaranteeing 4 seats for women on the Committee and adding one more seat so as to enable decisions to be made by a majority.