"Mea She'arim to ban women from certain Jerusalem streets during Sukkot
Large billboards posted throughout capital's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods this week forbade women during the celebration, despite court order."
Yenta's Comment: There seems to be a competitive boomerang effect between Mea She'arim and Williamsburg that when one takes action against women being publically visible, the other reacts with one-up-"man's"-ship.
Friends from the Lower East Side noticed this article on www.haaretz.com, the English website of Ha'Aretz, one of Israel's largest daily newspapers.
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"Mea She'arim to ban women from certain Jerusalem streets during Sukkot
Large billboards posted throughout capital's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods this week forbade women during the celebration, despite court order."
Yenta's Comment: There seems to be a competitive boomerang effect between Mea She'arim and Williamsburg that when one takes action against women being publically visible, the other reacts with one-up-"man's"-ship.