Taliban woman
Rare footage: the 'Taliban women' of Jerusalem
Ynet reporter infiltrates one of Israel's radical groups, the Taliban women, who cover every centimeter of their body with black cloth. It ends with her being rescued by police.
For weeks, Ariela Sternbach was an integral part of the "Taliban women", a Jewish group dominated by women that is considered radical even by the haredim.
She prayed with the, she heard their lessons, joined their events and walked aroung entirely covered in black cloth (the uniform that led to the "Taliban women" moniker).
Photo: Amit Shabi (צילום: עמית שאבי "ידיעות אחרונות")
Some of the meetings were recorded with a hidden camera.
This all ended abruptly when the women discovered that she was carrying a hidden camera, and she had to call the police in the middle of the night to extract her.
Photo: Tal Shahar (צילום: טל שחר "ידיעות אחרונות")
Ynet's interview with Sternbach is an inside look at a seldom-told story, and includes rare footage of the "Taliban women" praying.
