Israelis, Resentful Of Orthodox Grip On Society, Fight Back
"JERUSALEM (RNS) With its department-store-sized windows, the Kolben Dance Company's studio faces a busy downtown plaza, but few passers-by have ever glimpsed one of the troupe's rehearsals inside.
The studio's shades were drawn three years ago, after extremists from the city's large haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish community threatened employees and defaced their ads. The fundamentalists called the dancers' revealing clothes and mixed-gender moves "provocative," a violation of Jewish modestly laws.
The management acceded to the pressure, but inspired by grass-roots protests against religious coercion that have taken place around Israel in recent weeks, reopened its windows to the outside world in late November."
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