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Orthodox woman says gym threatened to arrest her for working out in a skirt
NY Post ^ | 10/2/2015 | Frank Rosario and Bruce Golding

Posted on 10/17/2015 4:38:57 PM PDT by NetAddicted

An Orthodox Jewish woman is suing the Lucille Roberts health-club chain for allegedly pitching a holy fit when she insisted on wearing a skirt during her workouts in Brooklyn. Yosefa Jalal, of Crown Heights, claims in court papers to be filed Friday that she was repeatedly harassed, threatened with arrest and ultimately had her membership revoked for following religious dictates regarding female modesty.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chareidi; gymoutfits; judaism; rationality; skirts; skitrs
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To: SaraJohnson

You need to reread my posts.....apparently you also need to take a deep breath and relax a little because you have completely misrepresented what I said.

Other than that hope you have a nice week


101 posted on 10/20/2015 8:31:46 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Agree.

Not all ministers (rabbis) have common sense.


102 posted on 10/20/2015 11:48:41 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: Ziva

“Loose skirt” seems to be a problem.

Maybe a more tailored straight skirt would be the solution?


103 posted on 10/20/2015 11:50:52 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: EinNYC

I am laughing.

Why do Orthodox Jewish women have to go to a gym in the first place?

Don’t they get enough exercise, chasing after four or five little ones; going to market (no car—walking about 2 miles while shopping); standing on feet fixing Kosher meals and Sabbath meals; cleaning house, etc. etc. etc.

And then after sundown...the guy in the bed.

No rest for the weary.

Times sure have changed!


104 posted on 10/20/2015 11:55:35 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: Heart-Rest

Hah!


105 posted on 10/20/2015 11:58:38 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Hah! Hah!!


106 posted on 10/20/2015 11:59:17 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: Arthur McGowan

...and...get tyour own darn gym equipment and work out at home.

Or is your husband too darn cheap to pay for it?


107 posted on 10/20/2015 12:01:01 PM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: Nifster

Not too far apart in their paternalism.


108 posted on 10/20/2015 12:01:35 PM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

$$$$$...Money makes the world go around.

She is a major KVETCH!


109 posted on 10/20/2015 12:03:15 PM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: wally_bert

Ambassador Kosh


110 posted on 10/20/2015 12:03:23 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: NetAddicted

Not even underpants?


111 posted on 10/20/2015 12:04:09 PM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: NetAddicted

They probably did. “Clothing appropriate to the activity” is a pretty standard gym membership clause. And skirts that could get caught in machines are not appropriate to the activity.


112 posted on 10/20/2015 12:04:38 PM PDT by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Good ole Kosh. B5 had some great writing.


113 posted on 10/20/2015 12:08:42 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: wally_bert

Best series on TV back in the day. The competition forced DS9 to improve too IMO.


114 posted on 10/20/2015 12:09:54 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: MamaB

Love your memoirs!

It was a simple time. It was a good time.

Will we ever see the likes again?


115 posted on 10/20/2015 12:16:59 PM PDT by miserare ( RIP OfficerTerence Olridge; TrooperJoseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: miserare

true words


116 posted on 10/20/2015 12:31:19 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Autonomous User

Actually. can’t be said enough! “There are 3 sides to every story. just say’n.”


117 posted on 10/20/2015 12:37:39 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (One wins, when getting more than even!)
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To: Ziva

I’m embarrassed by some of the comments on this thread. Antipathy against Orthodox Jews runs deep among some. It’s as if they have no clue who Jesus and his mother Mary really were.


118 posted on 10/20/2015 12:43:06 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: corkoman

So what’s the problem again?


119 posted on 10/20/2015 12:45:54 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: MayflowerMadam; Steve_Seattle

Seems to me there’s a perfectly reasonable solution to the problem of accidental exposure in skirts (while working out): one could just have the yoga pants or sweat pants or shorts underneath the skirt. I realize some guys might get a jolly just seeing an upturned skirt but what’s the big deal if the garment that’s exposed is something that’s normally seen anyway?

Besides this is apparently an all women’s club. So who really would care (except for some lesbians I guess maybe).

I tend to agree with the sentiment that there’s more to this story than meets the eye. No pun intended.


120 posted on 10/20/2015 12:54:56 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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