Jerusalem, September 3, 2009(AP). According to a New York Times story today a bus route in Jerusalem that includes an “ultra-orthodox” Jewish neighborhood requires women to sit in the back of the bus. That policy is currently under appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court.
Recently, a group of secular protesters boarded the bus and the women sat in front and the men in back. The driver, an Arab, declined to get involved.
The leader of the protest, Martin L. Koenig said, “I have a dream that one day right there in Jerusalem little orthodox boys and orthodox girls will be able to join hands with little secular boys and secular girls as sisters and brothers.” Mr. Koenig also praised the organizer of the protest, Rosa Parkstein
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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