Shabbat Showdown Ends: Jews for Jesus Cafe to Close on Saturdays
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Jerusalem café besieged by Haredi protests announces Saturday closure
Cafe Basimta is operated by Jews for Jesus in Jerusalem's city center. The protests have reignited Jerusalem's long-running battles over public observance of Shabbat after years of relative calm
Cafe at centre of Israel culture clash agrees to shut on Sabbath
A Jerusalem cafe picketed for weeks by observant Jews said Thursday it had agreed to shut on the Sabbath, bowing to demands despite counter-protests by secular Israelis. The coffeehouse opened in June near a neighbourhood of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who strictly shun working, exchanging money and using electricity on Saturdays. Cafe Basimta had drawn increasingly heated protests, separated by police, as secular Israelis shouted down ultra-Orthodox…
On several Sabbaths in the past two months, clashes have erupted between ultra-Orthodox protesters and secular residents who came to block the cafe. "Our identity does not allow us to continue to be a source of friction," management said.
Agency AJN.- The Café Basimta, an establishment located in the center of Jerusalem, announced that it will begin to close on Saturdays after having been staged during the last two months of protests by Orthodox groups questioning its opening during Shabbat. The decision will begin to apply from this Saturday and was adopted later [...] The entrance The Café Basimta of Jerusalem will close on Saturdays after two months of protests of Orthodox apa…
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