Israel's Deputy health minister avoids girls' singing again

[editorial note: As the IDF has stated, a solider who walks out when a women sings the national anthem has no place in Tzahal, so too must we say and fight for a similar standard in the Israeli Government. -rmc]

Ynet.com: "Deputy health minister avoids girls' singing again"

Yakov Litzman leaves children's safety event over performance by elementary school girls

Noam Barkan

Published:  02.16.12, 15:01 / Israel Jewish Scene

Did Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman leave an event over a performance of a girls choir? Sources who attended a conference for children's safety said that Litzman left the hall when a choir of girls ages 8-12 took to the stage, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday. The deputy minister's office is claiming he stepped out to handle a crisis involving nurses at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba... Read more here: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4190670,00.html

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