At a time when Israeli Jews can seem irreconcilably divided, an unusual swimming center in the city of Rehovot illustrates the compromises that many Israelis make daily.
It was once any other sweltering Friday in Rehovot, a town in central Israel, and Chaya Hitin and Odelia Tsaidi-Zommer every left their houses for a swim. Ms. Hitin, 38, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, headed to a posh the place she and her daughters may just swim with out being noticed.