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Shabbat protests outside Jerusalem cafe show no sign of abating
['Theia Chatelle']
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...JERUSALEM — By mid-morning on Saturday, the alleys surrounding Cafe Basimta were filled with haredi Orthodox demonstrators protesting the cafe’s decision to open on Shabbat.
It was the sixth consecutive Shabbat that the small cafe off Agrippas Street had faced demonstrations, with no sign of change.
The cafe sits near what she called the undeclared border between the city’s haredi neighborhoods and the rest of the city.
Outside Cafe Basimta Saturday, demonstrators took turns screaming at each other in the alleys.
Bamberger, who observes Shabbat, said the cafe should be allowed to open and that she did not expect this to end well.