The City of Jerusalem is planning on importing enough sand to fill a 22,000 square foot area near the old train station which will be set up as a mock beach for city residents to enjoy. But this bit of pleasantness for the landlocked city that has no natural beach of its own has raised the hackles of haredim, who are vowing to stop the city from importing the sand and setting it up.
Haredim Vow To Fight “Immodest” Mock Beach
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
The City of Jerusalem is planning on importing enough sand to fill a 22,000 square foot area near the old train station which will be set up as a mock beach for city residents to enjoy.
But this bit of pleasantness for the landlocked city that has no natural beach of its own has raised the hackles of haredim, who are vowing to stop the city from importing the sand and setting it up.
Haredi city councilmen are “up in arms” over the beach, Yeshiva World reported. They and other haredim fear that having the mock beach will increase the amount of Shabbat desecration in the city and also object to the ‘immodest’ dress – swimsuits – that will likely be prevalent there.
The haredi city councilmen believe the mock beach will violate the city’s longstanding status quo on religious/secular issues and they vow to fight the mock beach “with tenacity.”
A similar mock beach was reportedly set up several years ago in Jerusalem and drew haredi protests.
This time, haredi politicians insist those protests will be much stronger.