Why do Hasidic Jews separate genders?

In Orthodox congregations, men and women are not permitted to sit together during prayer services. The height ... Orthodox decisors today all agree that one can only pray in a synagogue with separate seating and a mechitzah. ... For Feinstein, gender separation is essential in order to preserve biblically mandated morality. read more

Separate seating at weddings, separate kiddush tables, separate lines at the grocery store, separate sidewalks, refusal to print pictures of women, vandalism against images of women, bans on girls riding bikes or women driving cars — someone correct me if I’m wrong here but this is a new level of wacky. read more

In the Mea Shearim section of Jerusalem, some ultra-Orthodox Jews have also tried to segregate sidewalks. Parks and athletic facilities. At Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic community in New York, a public park was opened that included separate sections for boys and girls, with a great distance between. read more