and sit where they want if they dont like public transport

Y'all are a bit behind the times there, the US went through that whole front/back of the bus thing in the 1960's.

Great news! pity it wasn't a mega sum - but still, lessons were learned. Well done Ariella for not keeping shtum.

For once, and only once, I agree with you.

You go girl!

As long as the secular have the monopole over the buses and haredim will not be allowed their own buses the struggle will continue.

Good job girl. You done yourself proud and you done us pround.

You are living in a country with sharia-compliant Muslim-only swimming pools and public schools where the cafeteria is turned into a mosque on Fridays with entry for Muslims only - boys in front, girls in the back, and menstruating girls outside (so everyone can know when they have their period). Check articles about Valley Park Middle School. Then think again about your assumption that you are past these kind of problems

They share your opinion of women.

So set up your own bus company. Believe me no secular will want to share it with you.

And i think that ALL the sane people , even Charidi , will agree

What halacha do these people think they're following? They give the Torah a bad name. I'm religious myself and I'm trying to figure out whether they're crazy or just plain ignorant fanatics. I was once told to get in the back while sitting with my husband and child!. Another time I was 8 months pregnant.

Oppression of women is not part of his democratic rights and is illegal. Like in any democratic state, he's free to practice his beliefs so long as they hurt no one else. He does not have a monopoly over others' rights.

IRAN.

I don't know what the situation wa on the bus, however, all people should be trained to give their seat on the bus to an older person, or one who is handicapped, or pregnant. I don't know how old those men were, there was no mention of it i the article. Perhaps they were older gentlemen? Perhaps they were carrying heavy packages? Perhaps they had young children in tow? All these are very likely possiblilities why the bus driver asked the girl to give up her seat. If it was any of these cases, shame on the girl and shame on the court system!

I can understand that the men don't want to be standing next to the women. So let the men go to the back of the bus or take a cab. Why should the women go to the back of the bus and walk in front of all the men sitting in the front? If the men don't like to be with the women, let the men move!

in the back [ read article ! ] when those men boarded the bus .

At least two sane reactions of religious persons . Sad that not much more share your ideas . Sad that no Great Rabbi says the same thing as you do , publicly !

Comment for Jennifer. Shame on you! I am the mother of this teen and I can tell you my daughter is taught to give up her seat to those less able than herself. These 2 men were young and were not carrying any heavy packages. There were indeed spare seats just across the aisle which they refused to sit in. My daughter and her friends were made to move purely due to the fact that they were girls. So I say Justice has prevailed.

If they want to sit seperate, let them get their own mehadrin busses like they did a few years ago.

Men offer their seats to ladies regularly. It is the 'Rabbi's' who seem to hate and abuse women. Time for those "Rabbi's" to walk or, hide a relative, an ass.

Your right!!!

oh and the court didnt thinkof such things when they made their ruling! They just decided the girl was right out of court, with no other info. We have a court system here. hello!!! Shame on you. Good for the teen. Her mother raised her well.

I dont mind sitting in the back of the bus. That way I can keep looking at womans arses