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Israeli


newspaper


The


Announcer


(HaMevaser)


—a


conservative


orthodox


Jewish


publication–


stands


accused


of


Photoshopping


women


out


of


the


picture



How


would


our


news


look,


if


we


did


the


same


for


men


?


Within the insular ultra-Orthodox community, pictures of women are rarely shown, due to modesty concerns. In Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox vandals frequently deface buses and billboards with advertising deemed to be immodest. The picture in Hamevaser also cut out other women, like the Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo, though the newspaper clumsily left her dark glove on the sleeve of a marcher. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, was cropped out. Binyamin Lipkin, editor of Hamevaser, said the newspaper is a family publication that must be suitable for all audiences, including young children.



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