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University gender split 'is like racial segregation laws', US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says

She was in Israel to receive the Genesis Lifetime Achievement Award

July 10, 2018 11:13
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

ByJC Reporter, JC reporter

1 min read

The exclusion of women in Israeli society has strong parallels to racial discrimination in the United States, one of America’s most senior judges has said.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made the comparison during a visit to Israel over the weekend, where she was awarded the Genesis Lifetime Achievement Award in Tel Aviv.

She was responding to a question about gender segregation rules at Israeli colleges and university during a meeting with women’s groups at the US Embassy in Jerusalem.

Ms Ginsburg said the Israeli rules were a reminder of a time when there were separate schools for African Americans under the notion of “separate but equal”, Haaretz reported.