Eleven Orthodox Jews, including their leader, Amram Blau, were in jail today as a result of a number of stormy demonstrations staged here yesterday by several groups of pious Jews. The Neturei Karta demonstrators said they were protesting against the desecration of the Sabbath in this city by “incessatn traffic” through the city streets.
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