I think she was treated horribly. A country is not a religion. As a Roman Catholic I am not always thrilled with some of our rules but our religion is based on Judaism and change does happen slowly. The ancient custom of separation is primitive and was never God's intent. These morons need to move a few 1,000 years forward. Of course their neighbors are just as dumb. People that hang on to ancient customs that make no sense are third world as far as I am concerned. We no longer have to eat fish on every Friday...lol...so at least we are making some progress. I know many Jews that enjoy lobster so I guess we all are getting somewhere slowly.

The article should have made clear a long-standing reason for Haredi unpopularity with many other Israelis: they do not work for a living. Instead, they receive indefinite government stipends for religious study, with no time limit. This is in sharp contrast to Orthodox of Eastern Europe and America who, even while valuing learning, were proud to earn their living and support their shul. If the louts of Beit Shemesh worked like other Israelis, they would have less time to jostle women and terrorize 8-year-old girls. Another sore point has been that ultra-Orthodox duck the military service required of everyone else. In recent years, some ultra-orthodox in West Bank settlements have accepted military service, but that is a dubious blessing: many are insubordinate and/or connive at crimes by West-Bank settlers that give Israel a bad name.