Ten persons were injured here yesterday in street clashes between religious and non-religious Jews, resulting from non-observance of the Sabbath. Ten were arrested as a result of the clashes.
The attacks started after a stormy meeting at which speakers denounced non-observance of the Sabbath by a majority of the Jewish population in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv.
Marching from the meeting, the religious Jews began smashing the windows of those Jewish shops which were open. Many of them lined up on the main streets and stopped every taxi passing, ejecting their Jewish passengers who rode in open defiance of the Sabbath laws. A fight between the religious and anti-religious elements developed, necessitating the intervention of British police authorities.
Persons injured in the fight were given first aid by the Mogen David, the Palestine Red Cross. The arrested religious Jews were released under bail and ordered to appear in court for trial.
YOUTH ANTI-RELIGIOUS
The street attacks in Tel Aviv yesterday are a result of the conflict between the orthodox Jewish elements in this all-Jewish city and the younger Jewish generation, which is definitely anti-religious.
The orthodox elements object to the fact that trading goes on openly in the all-Jewish city on the Sabbath and on religious holidays. The matter has been discussed several times at stormy sessions of the Tel Aviv municipal council but no compromise could be reached.
Leading the attacks against the non-religious Jews in the streets of Tel Aviv was the orthodox Jewish organization, Shmore Shabbath. The members of this organization are particularly indignant over the fact that sports activities are openly conducted on the Sabbath by Jewish youth.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
