אי־ליברליזם יהודי: מבט מגדרי

One aspect of the current regime crisis in Israel is a counter-genderrevolution, advanced by men and for the benefit of men. Based on an analysis of the Israeli religious parties’ positions on gender issues and their coalition agreements with the ruling party on these matters, the essay points to the similarities between the proposed transformations to the local gender regime and those advocated by the global illiberal movement. I present the attempt to attribute the curtailment of women and LGBTQ rights to Jewish religious motivations as reflecting a localizedinterpretation of a broader trend rooted in Christian religious thought, with the aim to mobilize extensive conservative support to consolidate political power.Specifically, I demonstrate that the proposed changes in the Israeli gender contractinitiated by religious parties do not draw upon Jewish theology but instead employ religious rhetoric to justify the reconstruction of a traditional gendered division of labor undermining existing principles of gender equality and freedom.