Residents of a fervently Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem allegedly harassed some female employees of the Education Ministry for what they called their “immodest dress.” One of the employees attacked Tuesday said she was surrounded by a group of women who shouted at her, tried to cover her with a cloth and demanded that she leave the fervently Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, which is adjacent to the ministry offices.
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