You're not allowed to work and be a single woman in Jerusalem.

WTF?

"With more than four years of daily journalism experience under my belt and a dual master's degree in communications and Middle Eastern studies, I felt I was certainly qualified. I immediately forwarded my resume and some writing samples. My excitement, however, turned to disbelief when I received the following e-mail response: "Thank you for your resume. For this position, we need either a man or a married woman. Do you fit either?"
The last sentence was punctuated with a happy face.
Was this national organization, which aims to awaken Israelis to their Jewish heritage and help them lead more observant lives, going to eliminate me as a candidate for the job because I am a woman who happens to be unmarried?
The answer, apparently, was yes. :-(
I pressed her. Could she tell me why this would be a requirement? I never heard from her again.

In some rare jobs a woman's marital status might be pertinent and therefore justified as a requirement in Israel but the burden lies with the employer to successfully demonstrate that is the case, said Tziona Koenig-Yair, who heads the legal department of a prominent women's rights advocacy group, the Ramat Gan-based Israel Women's Network.
A Jewish organization employing a writer, for instance, might be able to show that Orthodox men would refuse to be interviewed by an unmarried female journalist. If the job required interviewing only those in the ultra Orthodox Jewish community--about 8 percent of Israeli society--then perhaps that might be a valid reason. In most cases, however, Koenig-Yair said, requiring a certain marital status is discriminatory and illegal in Israel.
My Israeli colleague, freelancer Sima Borkovski, shares a related incident. A religious Jewish couple recently approached her to write articles for a new ultra-Orthodox newspaper about health.
After a few phone conversations with the husband, Sima was told they would have to publish her articles under a man's name to avoid offending their readers. She had no choice but to agree to their conditions, she said, if she wanted the articles to be published and to get paid.

Many people I meet and interview in the course of my work--particularly Palestinian--also take a keen interest in my personal life.
"How old are you?" (I'm 32.) "Why aren't you married?" (Haven't found Mr. Right.) "Do you have children?" (No.)
And what, I wonder, does this have to do with the peace process?"