‘Nobody wants to see someone sinning in his neighborhood’
Wednesday, August 20th, 200820/8/08; See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1013163.html
A member of the Modesty Guard, a group of ultra-Orthodox men working to eradicate so-called immodest behavior in Haredi areas, has detailed in a rare interview an organization that enjoys the support of rabbis and the police. The Modesty Guard has existed in some form since the establishment of the State of Israel, and is suspected of recently stepping up its violent acts. While it claims its focus is on advocacy, members have been recently been accused of breaking into homes, violent assault and forcing women to move to the back of public buses
