A peak of tension in the city of Torah. This week, the police approved protest organizers to hold a provocative women's demonstration in the city of Bnei Brak. Initially, the organizers requested to carry out the women's procession on the main streets of the city, but the police rejected their request and approved an alternative route involving widespread road blockades. The marchers are expected to pass by the municipal building.
In a letter published this morning, the city's rabbis stated that "unfortunately, people from outside the city have been stirred to conduct demonstrations in our streets and make their voices heard against the Torah-observant and commandment-keeping public, as well as against modesty and sanctity.
"We hereby address the entire public, men, women, and children. There should be no engagement or conflict with them whatsoever. It is the responsibility of each and every one of us to caution the adults and the youth to keep away from their gathering places, not responding to them positively or negatively, not getting involved in their vicinity, and certainly not arguing with them or, God forbid, causing a desecration of the Divine name."
