Should anyone be forced to sit in the back of a bus?

Summary of Article: This week in Sefad, Israel, a modestly-dressed woman boarded a bus and sat in the front. Some haredi Orthodox men and boys boarded and yelled at the woman to move to the back of the bus. When she refused, they began praying loudly, making menacing moves toward her and making her feel threatened so that she called the police. The police arrested the main heckler. The Israeli Supreme Court says public buses can be voluntarily segregated but no one may be pressured to sit separately. Click here for article.

Map: Where is Sefad, Israel? Click here.

Discussion Outline with Kids:

• When you go onto a bus, where can you sit? (Answer: anywhere). 
• Tell story of article. 
• Does this story remind you of anyone else that you learned about? (Answer: Rosa Parks). 
• How do you think the Israeli woman and Rosa Parks felt when the boys were yelling at them to move?
• What are the similarities of these two women's stories? (Both are women; both pressured to move in a way that they felt threatened; in both cases, the hecklers were doing something wrong.)
• What are the differences? (In Israel, the woman was protected by the police and by Israeli law. She was in the right. In Rosa Parks case, the law changed because of her actions. The law was unjust.)