“This is anti-feminist.”For all of its modernity, military firepower and high-tech know-how, Israel has for decades been unable to keep images of women from being defaced in some public spaces. There is a difference, one expert cautioned, between the more pragmatic mainstream ultra-Orthodox Judaism and the vandals defacing photos of women. The idea is to sell images of women that are acceptable to an Orthodox audience and better understood by people in general. The municipality said the Parnass photos have been restored and it has increased patrols around City Hall. Parnass’ niece, Keren-Or Peled, who lives in Israel, says Parnass has been told what happened.
