News From the Hills: Why Protest? - The 5 Towns Jewish Times
The 5 Towns Jewish Times December 10, 2020 There was a violent demonstration in Yerushalayim this week against extending the building of the Jerusalem light rail into the Sanhedria community. The tracks are going down Rechov Bar Ilan, which right now is a busy street with buses and constant traffic. There is a fence down the middle of the street, which I believe is where the train tracks will go. This is a chareidi neighborhood and they don’t want the work to be done on Shabbos. They also object to having non-religious people, who will be riding the train immodestly dressed, ...