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Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat
Haaretz.com ^ | Dec 19, 2006 | Daphna Berman

Posted on 12/19/2006 11:35:51 AM PST by Sarah

Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat By Daphna Berman A woman who reported a vicious attack by an ad-hoc "modesty patrol" on a Jerusalem bus last month is now lining up support for her case and may be included in a petition to the High Court of Justice over the legality of sex-segregated buses. Miriam Shear says she was traveling to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City early on November 24 when a group of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men attacked her for refusing to move to the back of the Egged No. 2 bus. She is now in touch with several legal advocacy and women's organizations, and at the same time, waiting for the police to apprehend her attackers.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hareidim; israel
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1 posted on 12/19/2006 11:35:52 AM PST by Sarah
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To: Alouette

Your thoughts?


2 posted on 12/19/2006 11:36:30 AM PST by Sarah
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To: Sarah

A Jewish Rosa?


3 posted on 12/19/2006 11:37:58 AM PST by HaveHadEnough
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To: Sarah

Pharisees.


4 posted on 12/19/2006 11:41:32 AM PST by Disambiguator (This tagline is brought to you by the letter "S" with a slash in front of it.)
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To: Sarah

"I said, I'm not moving and he said, 'I'm not asking you, I'm telling you.' Then he spat in my face and at that point, I was in high adrenaline mode and called him a son-of-a-bitch, which I am not proud of. Then I spat back."

In Israel, he would be called a Mumser Gadol. Unfortunately The Hareidi women are just as agressive as the men. My wife was shoved out of the way during the Priestly blessing last month.


5 posted on 12/19/2006 11:41:57 AM PST by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
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To: Sarah
What the heck's this? I've never heard of Jewish men treating a woman so badly. Surely this description of the men as "ultra orthodox" is mistaken?

Why would women, who are often accompanied by small children and shopping bags, be forced to lug their belongings to the back of a bus in the first place? Wouldn't it make more sense to put the men back there?

6 posted on 12/19/2006 11:42:37 AM PST by old and tired
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To: Sarah
Of course the women's organizations will get involved, no chance of being attacked for this.

But if this woman had been attacked by a Muslim group their silence would be assured.

7 posted on 12/19/2006 11:43:56 AM PST by rocksblues (Do unto others as they do unto you!)
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To: Sarah

Sounds not terribly different than Sharia law.


8 posted on 12/19/2006 11:44:05 AM PST by trimom
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To: old and tired

There is a separate entrance, the back door.
I agree with her that the modesty patrol shouldn't take the law into their own hands like this. It wasn't a designated separated bus, so she was actually right. Looking for trouble, especially as a visiting tourist, but right.


9 posted on 12/19/2006 11:46:47 AM PST by Sarah
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To: Disambiguator

I am sad, you see.....


10 posted on 12/19/2006 11:47:21 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: Sarah

Would they have attacked a tall, muscular male? I doubt it. And that makes them hypocrites. Do hypocritical assholes go to heaven?


11 posted on 12/19/2006 11:47:22 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: Sarah

Muslim Jews???


12 posted on 12/19/2006 11:47:52 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Sarah
There is a separate entrance, the back door.

Thank you, that makes a little more sense.

13 posted on 12/19/2006 11:48:19 AM PST by old and tired
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To: richardtavor

She doesn't really sound 'chareidi', (if she was she never would have started this thing by sitting in the front) She's most probably an observant American.
As for your wife, How on earth did you get so close? It just looks wall-to-wall Cohanim. (or are you saying it was a woman that pushed her?)


14 posted on 12/19/2006 11:49:14 AM PST by Sarah
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To: Red Badger
I am sad, you see.....

Pretty good. We'll see how many catch on.

15 posted on 12/19/2006 11:50:10 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: trimom
Sounds not terribly different than Sharia law.

Couldn't help but notice that myself.

16 posted on 12/19/2006 11:50:24 AM PST by Wormwood (I'm with you in Rockland)
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To: snarks_when_bored

No, from what I understand they probably would.


17 posted on 12/19/2006 11:50:25 AM PST by ichabod1 (After the attacks of 9/11, profiling Muslims is more like profiling the Klan.)
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To: trimom

I thought the same thing. This troubled me, and I waited to see how Freepers would respond, or if any would even take notice. Not good. Not good at all -- on so many levels. I didn't expect it from Israel.

You don't think someone would trump up this kind of story to make Israel look bad at this juncture. The Muslim countries know by now how poorly we look upon their treatment of women and point to Israel as a model of democracy.


18 posted on 12/19/2006 11:50:57 AM PST by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: Dog Gone; Red Badger

The weather's fair, I see.


19 posted on 12/19/2006 11:51:51 AM PST by ichabod1 (After the attacks of 9/11, profiling Muslims is more like profiling the Klan.)
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To: old and tired
Surely this description of the men as "ultra orthodox" is mistaken?

"Ultra orthodox" anything is usually bad news; old practices tend to be primitive.

20 posted on 12/19/2006 11:52:18 AM PST by Grut
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