Jewish women cannot drive in New York

[Jos]

Muslims in the West have long been under attack for the ban in Saudi Arabia (ruled by a western puppet Ultra-Orthodox Wahhabi minority) for women to drive in public. However, these western bigots are at loss to face the fact that Jewish women are neither allowed to drive or walk on the same side of the street as men – right in New Square, an Orthodox Jewish enclave north of Time Square.

“The whole community was built for one purpose, to live within the very strict confines traditions, attitudes and customs. And part of that is you’re part and parcel of a very strict communal structure,” say Ezra Friedlander, PR consultant to numerous Orthodox Jewish communities.

Jewish women cannot drive in New York | Rehmat's World

Meanwhile, in the Hasidic village of New Square, N.Y., religious leaders recently issued a document reminding residents that “women should not sit in the front of a car.” Released in July by the community’s top rabbinical court, the document was aimed at shoring up several communal standards — especially those regarding women’s conduct.

“It’s considered not tzniusdik [modest] for a woman to be a driver, not in keeping with the out-of-public-view [attitude],” village spokesman Rabbi Mayer Schiller said. “If you can imagine in Europe, would a woman have been a coach driver, a wagon driver? It would’ve been completely inappropriate.”

The village’s religious leaders have made an exemption for an 80-year-old woman who was one of the community’s original residents and hadn’t known about the driving prohibition before she moved there.

New Square, a 7,000-person enclave located 40 miles north of New York City, was founded by the late Skverer rebbe Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky, a Holocaust survivor, and his followers. The village was established in 1954 and officially incorporated seven years later. It relies heavily on private charitable donations and on government-assistance programs.

In the recent document, New Square religious leaders reiterated the prohibition against girls riding bicycles; also, women are forbidden from going outside in their long housecoats –– a common fashion staple in many Orthodox communities.

"Hasidic Village Keeps Women Out of the Driver

In some ways, Saudi Arabia’s laws regarding women are more permissive than the religious edicts in New Square. For example, a Saudi woman is allowed to ride in the front seat of a car if the driver is her husband. While husbands and wives in Saudi Arabia are allowed to walk with each other, New Square men and women always must walk on different sides of the street.

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[martybegan]

Muslims in the West have long been under attack for the ban in Saudi Arabia (ruled by a western puppet Ultra-Orthodox Wahhabi minority) for women to drive in public. However, these western bigots are at loss to face the fact that Jewish women are neither allowed to drive or walk on the same side of the street as men – right in New Square, an Orthodox Jewish enclave north of Time Square.

“The whole community was built for one purpose, to live within the very strict confines traditions, attitudes and customs. And part of that is you’re part and parcel of a very strict communal structure,” say Ezra Friedlander, PR consultant to numerous Orthodox Jewish communities.

Jewish women cannot drive in New York | Rehmat's World

Meanwhile, in the Hasidic village of New Square, N.Y., religious leaders recently issued a document reminding residents that “women should not sit in the front of a car.” Released in July by the community’s top rabbinical court, the document was aimed at shoring up several communal standards — especially those regarding women’s conduct.

“It’s considered not tzniusdik [modest] for a woman to be a driver, not in keeping with the out-of-public-view [attitude],” village spokesman Rabbi Mayer Schiller said. “If you can imagine in Europe, would a woman have been a coach driver, a wagon driver? It would’ve been completely inappropriate.”

The village’s religious leaders have made an exemption for an 80-year-old woman who was one of the community’s original residents and hadn’t known about the driving prohibition before she moved there.

New Square, a 7,000-person enclave located 40 miles north of New York City, was founded by the late Skverer rebbe Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky, a Holocaust survivor, and his followers. The village was established in 1954 and officially incorporated seven years later. It relies heavily on private charitable donations and on government-assistance programs.

In the recent document, New Square religious leaders reiterated the prohibition against girls riding bicycles; also, women are forbidden from going outside in their long housecoats –– a common fashion staple in many Orthodox communities.

"Hasidic Village Keeps Women Out of the Driver

In some ways, Saudi Arabia’s laws regarding women are more permissive than the religious edicts in New Square. For example, a Saudi woman is allowed to ride in the front seat of a car if the driver is her husband. While husbands and wives in Saudi Arabia are allowed to walk with each other, New Square men and women always must walk on different sides of the street.

The difference is that these are religous laws only, and the punishments can only be given out by a rabbinical court, to a person that agrees to be under the juristiction of said court.

An outside person going through the community cannot he held liable to these laws, and if anyone tried to, they would be sued into oblivion.

The Saudi Arabian laws are actual civil law, and are enforced on ANYONE who tries to go against them.

 

[Jos]

The difference is that these are religous laws only, and the punishments can only be given out by a rabbinical court, to a person that agrees to be under the juristiction of said court.

An outside person going through the community cannot he held liable to these laws, and if anyone tried to, they would be sued into oblivion.

The Saudi Arabian laws are actual civil law, and are enforced on ANYONE who tries to go against them.

Can you post a link to the "civil" law that bans women from driving a car in KSA?
It is a tribal custom not a law, much like the one in New York
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8GiTnb33wE]YouTube - ‪English: Wajeha Al-Huwaider....‬‏[/ame]

 

[martybegan]

The difference is that these are religous laws only, and the punishments can only be given out by a rabbinical court, to a person that agrees to be under the juristiction of said court.

An outside person going through the community cannot he held liable to these laws, and if anyone tried to, they would be sued into oblivion.

The Saudi Arabian laws are actual civil law, and are enforced on ANYONE who tries to go against them.

Can you post a link to the "civil" law that bans women from driving a car in KSA?
It is a tribal custom not a law, much like the one in New York
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8GiTnb33wE]YouTube - ‪English: Wajeha Al-Huwaider....‬‏[/ame]

"Article 23 [Islam]
The state protects Islam; it implements its Shari'ah; it orders people to do right and shun evil; it fulfills the duty regarding God's call."

Laws of Saudi Arabia:

The Basic Laws of Saudi Arabia

GlobaLex - A Brief Overview of the Saudi Arabian Legal System

If you read the second link, you can scroll down and see that saudi legal actions are defined by decsions by the courts and learned islamic scholars, which means they do not HAVE a civil code, but react based upon prescendent and specific judgements.

You also forget the whole "Religous Police" thing they have there, which shows implicit approval by the government of the morality laws enforced there.

 

[teapartysamurai]

Muslims in the West have long been under attack for the ban in Saudi Arabia (ruled by a western puppet Ultra-Orthodox Wahhabi minority) for women to drive in public. However, these western bigots are at loss to face the fact that Jewish women are neither allowed to drive or walk on the same side of the street as men – right in New Square, an Orthodox Jewish enclave north of Time Square.

“The whole community was built for one purpose, to live within the very strict confines traditions, attitudes and customs. And part of that is you’re part and parcel of a very strict communal structure,” say Ezra Friedlander, PR consultant to numerous Orthodox Jewish communities.

Jewish women cannot drive in New York | Rehmat's World

Meanwhile, in the Hasidic village of New Square, N.Y., religious leaders recently issued a document reminding residents that “women should not sit in the front of a car.” Released in July by the community’s top rabbinical court, the document was aimed at shoring up several communal standards — especially those regarding women’s conduct.

“It’s considered not tzniusdik [modest] for a woman to be a driver, not in keeping with the out-of-public-view [attitude],” village spokesman Rabbi Mayer Schiller said. “If you can imagine in Europe, would a woman have been a coach driver, a wagon driver? It would’ve been completely inappropriate.”

The village’s religious leaders have made an exemption for an 80-year-old woman who was one of the community’s original residents and hadn’t known about the driving prohibition before she moved there.

New Square, a 7,000-person enclave located 40 miles north of New York City, was founded by the late Skverer rebbe Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky, a Holocaust survivor, and his followers. The village was established in 1954 and officially incorporated seven years later. It relies heavily on private charitable donations and on government-assistance programs.

In the recent document, New Square religious leaders reiterated the prohibition against girls riding bicycles; also, women are forbidden from going outside in their long housecoats –– a common fashion staple in many Orthodox communities.

"Hasidic Village Keeps Women Out of the Driver

In some ways, Saudi Arabia’s laws regarding women are more permissive than the religious edicts in New Square. For example, a Saudi woman is allowed to ride in the front seat of a car if the driver is her husband. While husbands and wives in Saudi Arabia are allowed to walk with each other, New Square men and women always must walk on different sides of the street.

Dude, your only evidence for this is a wordpress blog and a link that does not work?

Seriously?????????

You have about as much credibility with this as using the freepers for your source.

Completely ludicrous!

 

[BlindBoo]

Incredible. First def. Too extraordinary and improbable to be believed.

Jewish women most certainly can drive in New York, and they can drive in New Square too.

 

[jillian]

Incredible. First def. Too extraordinary and improbable to be believed.

Jewish women most certainly can drive in New York, and they can drive in New Square too.

she's a nasty little anti-semite.

and no one's tried to take away my drivers' license.

bummer i can't neg her again ....

yet.

 

[jillian]

stay classy!

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[Valerie]

Incredible. First def. Too extraordinary and improbable to be believed.

Jewish women most certainly can drive in New York, and they can drive in New Square too.

she's a nasty little anti-semite.

and no one's tried to take away my drivers' license.

bummer i can't neg her again ....

yet.

Jos is a SHE............???

 

[Ravi]

This was based on news from 2005. You have to wonder why we are hearing about it now.

Get this, dope. Women in that town can walk out of town and live however they wish to live. The same cannot be said of women in Saudi Arabia.

 

[Ravi]

stay classy!

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I can, fuck you bitch

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She just earned my first neg rep.

 

[Jos]

stay classy!

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She just earned my first neg rep.

That was pos rep bitch,

 

[Jos]

Jos is a SHE............???

Nope Jos is a former Royal marine, a Man

 

[Valerie]

stay classy!

She just earned my first neg rep.

That was pos rep bitch,

The one from me wasn't!

 

[Valerie]

Jos is a SHE............???

Nope Jos is a former Royal marine, a Man

I figured you must be a man.

 

[Jos]

jillian and riva are one?

 

[Valerie]

jillian and riva are one?

 

[Ravi]

stay classy!

She just earned my first neg rep.

That was pos rep bitch,

Wrong.

 

[FuelRod]

I've been to New York. Not sure why anyone would choose to drive there.

 

[jillian]

I've been to New York. Not sure why anyone would choose to drive there.

the only place in the city i really don't love driving is times squre