First women on ultra-Orthodox party slate running for Knesset seek change - interview

Nechumi Yaffe and Ziva Glanz, the first women to run on a haredi party's Knesset list, seek to address women's health, employment, and education issues in the ultra-Orthodox community. Both are on the Haredi Public party's list, which calls for change and haredi IDF enlistment, running independently of Shas and UTJ.

Nechumi Yaffe and Ziva Glanz, the first two women to run on a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party's Knesset list, are seeking to address issues facing women in the haredi community, including health, employment conditions, education, and the pressure of raising large families while men study in Yeshiva. Both are running on the recently established Haredi Public party's list, which has sought to enter the Knesset independently of the two major haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ). Yaffe, placed third on the party's list, and Glanz, placed fourth, would both enter the Knesset if the party passes the required electoral threshold. Yaffe said women's health was among the major issues that had received insufficient attention within the haredi community, noting that haredi women are dying 5% more from birth and cancer. Glanz spoke on the struggle haredi women face balancing providing for their families in the workforce with raising children, and emphasized the importance of ensuring haredi schools teach core curriculum subjects including math and English. The party has been polling below the electoral threshold, but Glanz said it had been gaining momentum.