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Transcript: NonÿOrthodox Jews Will Fight Growing Power of Ultras
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- July 10, 1996
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The announcement by the ultra-Orthodox Israeli transportation minister
to close one of Jerusalem's main thoroughfares on the Sabbath has
triggered concern among many Israelis of growing ultra-Orthodox power.
LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Israel's minister of transportation announced
today that he will close the major road in Jerusalem during prayer
times on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. The move comes after weeks
of violent demonstrations by ultra-Orthodox Jews and is meant to be
a compromise between religious and non-religious residents of Jerusalem.
Both sides vow they will fight the decision. As NPR's Linda Gradstein
reports, many members of Israel's ...