A Chol Hamoed screening of a film for frum women and girls in the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood of Jerusalem on Motzei Shabbos was “crashed” by secular members of the neighborhood who entered the room and sat among the women to prevent the event from taking place.
A video of the provocative incident was posted by Haaretz reporter Yael Friedson, who wrote: “The men of the neighborhood came to a screening intended for women and girls and prevented the separate incident from taking place.”
The video sparked a media storm, with secular and religious people alike expressing their outrage at the “protest.”
Former IDF spokesman Avi Banyahu wrote: “Protest activists who come to segregated events and blow them up make me sick to my stomach. This is an ethical, moral and human error and also stupidity that harms the protest and undermines the possibility that we will be able to live here together. If someone is looking for high-quality raw materials for a civil war, he will find them here much more than the reform.”
Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Aryeh King attacked Freidson: “You only reinforce in me the feeling that you simply hate religious people, hate Judaism. And if it is necessary to harm the rights of women in order to promote your hatred, you will do so. It’s a testimonial to your hypocrisy since I don’t remember you tweeting when there was a women’s jazz festival in Jerusalem three months ago or a women’s night race a year ago.”
Kobi Bornstein, the Hebrew Mishpacha‘s political reporter, wrote: “Terrible wickedness. There is no other way to define it. Ruining the Chag for women and girls who attended a separate screening just because it doesn’t suit you. Tell me more about enlightenment, liberalism, women’s rights and democracy.”
Shas MK Erez Malul stated that “the incident last night in which a handful of bullies with a ‘liberal’ appearance proved that they are bad people who are ‘heroes’ to young girls and thwarted a Chag event for them is unacceptable and is a direct continuation of the barbaric behavior at the tefillas Neilah in Tel Aviv. It is sad to see the evil and diabolism.”
Hebrew Mishpacha journalist Aryeh Erlich wrote: “Always remember that behind the ‘liberal’ facade is a bunch of thugs acting like ‘heroes’ over Chareidi girls. The face of evil and malice.”
Channel 14 journalist Yinon Magal wrote: “You will never see a group of privileged men disrupting a secular women’s event/race in Tel Aviv. This can only happen when it comes to religious women or girls. All the hypocrisy in one picture.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Every one of these salacious men should have been shot dead on the spot no questions asked.
Raw hate of secular
So what’s the resolution and cause of this hate?
Extremely Jealously is the cause of closing down Yom Kipur davening that’s to inspire ỉn out side heat.
Resolution is to reverse the time slowly for 50 years.
Instead of shouting
Shabbos Shabbos, Nazi, Goy, Shaigetazim, …
INVITE THEM ONE AT TIME TO YOUR HOMES FOR A SHABBOS MEAL and engage them with respectful conversations over a meal.
WHEN THEY SCREAM BUSHA
ITS REALLY A BUSHA ON US AND THE RABANIM FOR 50 YEARS OF DETACHMENT AND HOLDING GRUDGES FOR WHAT THE NEO ZIONTS DID TO THE CHILDREN OF HOLLOCUST AND NEW IMMIGRANTS.
WE LEARN TORAH AND REPERSENTATIVE OF TORAH
I HOPE ITS NOT TOO LATE. !!!!’n
A shocking secular coercion
Secular men blew up a screening of a film for women in Jerusalem – and caused an uproar “Heroes on young-girls”
An event for the screening of a film for ultra-Orthodox women and girls at the Ganim community administration in Jerusalem, was blown up by secular men, who – in a provocative move and under secular coercion – entered the hall and sat down among the ultra-orthodox women | The documentation from the provocation caused an uproar on the Internet and hundreds of surfers reacted with shock: “Bad people who are heroes over little girls and girls” (current affairs) | Hezki Stern, Kikar Shabbat (1.10.23)
Secularists blew up an ultra-orthodox event, attacked on the internet. The ultra-orthodox journalist attacked: “monsters without a heart”
Men disturbed a conference held for ultra-Orthodox women, protesting the segregation. Right and left they attacked the network. “Terrible wickedness,” wrote an ultra-Orthodox journalist
Itzik Brandwein, INN. 16th in Tishrei 5774. 1.10.23
morons…
Why does this happen in Israel but not in America? I’m sure the self-loathing leftist Jews in the US hate the frum too. But in the US, people who make events don’t get the venue at taxpayer expense, they pay for it themselves, either through the proceeds of the event or through sponsorship, etc. So the event is not open to the public, and chazeirim leftists can be forcefully excluded.
If the frum in Israel think that it’s a good idea for the taxpayers to “sponsor” their events, like praying on Y”K in Diesengoff Square or making video screenings for women only, etc., then these stories surely show that they are fools.
Mind you, I am not a secularist, and I recognize the obvious rishus here. But if you live in a land where you are hated by others, you need to understand that you must employ intelligent strategies to avoid incidents of hatred and destruction. Having a venue open to the public when you only want women to attend is not very intelligent.
awful.
This event seems to be on private property. If so, why weren’t the police called to eject the trespassers/ crashers?
FrumWhere, both in the USA and in Israel our events are entitled to the same government facilities and funding as all other events. We do use it, and those who don’t should.