I see. The fact that they singled you out as a Jew, instead of shouting it at random at every passer-by as you see in Israel or in some neighbourhoods in the States, wasn't directly discernable from your post, hence the question. I generally like Lubavitch, if it weren't only for the fact that you can be having a nice conversation the one moment (koetjes en kalfjes zoals we hier zeggen) and next thing you know you're wearing tefillin and reciting Sh'ma, if you get my meaning. Polite and friendly, yet with an ulterior motive. Don't take me wrong. I do cherish the Jewish rites and customs, and the value in preserving and expressing them does not need additional explaining. Only, for me, their value lies in preserving the tradition, but not, for me, as the way of life.

People have to obey when governement decided to evacuate a place . When they don't obey police and army uses what is needed . How should police then evacuate them ? Yes , trying to understand why mea shearim act this way is the same as those who "try to understand" why the nazis murdered . In both cases it's at least condoning it . What Jew1 wrote are NOT lies , all sane people know it .

For seculars the lubavitch are the most "dangerous" . They talk in a nice way , are "tolerant" , but all they want is to have you in their "nets" . This guy i knew never tried , he knew me ! Here they ask : have you put on tefilin today ? Not your business , is my response . I'm Jewish , from head to toe , but dislike [ at least ] the way the religious here try to impose their "lifestyle" [ als je dat leven kan noemen ] on everyone . Their actions distance many Jews from Judaism here . An extreme example . While visiting Krakow in Poland , a guided tour , they also visited a synagogue . One of the Israeli tourists refused to wear a kippa [ three Palestinian Arabs did it ]

I saved a young woman's life from those few striped pajama bandits in Meah shearim. The woman exited a religious shop and was properly dressed though not the way Meah Shearim striped pajamas want. She screamed as 4 striped threw tomatoes at her from close range. I stepped in to save her, told her to run and they cursed me and followed me in yiddish. Once my mom visited from abroad and from balcony same above threw things and curse her though she was dressed modestly and I am religious.

for telling us here the real truth as you have seen it with your own eyes.

bandits on horses, galloping on a bed of tomatoes, in Mea Shearim.

wearing tefilim and saying Shema give a warm feeling.

How do you feel the warmth when wearing tefilin ;)) I didn't do it since more than ......years when i had Bar Mitzwa . I don't know what happened to them .

They're the Pharisees of Jesus' day. White-washed tombs, void of any spiritual truth. God doesn't want meaningless, self-righteous rhetoric; He, instead, wants the circumcision of the heart, a true love for His Word and for His ways. Ceremonial rituals does little to cleanse the soul; what's needed is the true cleansing by the blood of Christ (the sacrificial Lamb)...through faith in God's grace. One must be clothed in the righteousness of Christ, in order to be saved! It is by His redemptive work on the Cross that one can freely come to the Throne-of-God...as a true child-of-God! The blood of Christ cleanses all from sin, along as they come to the living water of life...this wellspring found only in belief in God's only Son!

When they have nothing to occupy themselves ,they behave like holiguns!batala mebiha leshiamum=crazyness.. tzionim bla bla is an excuse to let steam out,some action that is certainly needed....ovbiously the thugs who did that are not behaving like Torah Jews,unlike the Soldiers who deserve most respect for what they represent & the way they keep the Torah with derech eretz..Hashem bless the soldiers.

...the Haredim will attack the wrong guys - probably some secular IDF soldiers - and the soldiers will retaliate in a way that should teach these medieval clowns a good lesson or two.