Non-Religious Woman Surprised and Angered at Jerusalem Post Office Request to Dress Modestly
Elisheva Moldovsky, a student at the Betzalel Academy and a Jerusalem resident, was surprised when she arrived at the post office on Nachum Street in the Geula area of the capital, seeing a sign taped to the door asking visitors to dress modestly.
According to the Yediot Achronot report, her packages arrive at that branch. She requested to have them sent elsewhere, but the branch refused to accommodate her. Since she lives on Yaffo Street, she would prefer another branch but was told her address falls under the jurisdiction of this distribution office. Now, she sees the sign regarding modest clothing, calling it “a chutzpa”. She asked what would occur if such a sign was placed at the office of the Interior Minister of the Tax Authority.
It is pointed out this is not an official branch of the Israel Postal Authority, but a store that is used to service the area.
Elisheva is quoted explaining she never had a problem in the past, and the employees in the branch are quite accommodating and tolerant, and never commented on her attire. She adds that she wrote her own sign in response, that whomever is bothered by her attire should cover their eyes.
The postal authority responded: This is an independent initiative by a grocer who is located in the heart of a chareidi neighborhood, and hands out packages to hundreds of residents, at a very high level of service. The store owner, who placed the sign on his own, removed it at our request. It should be emphasized that the affiliation is geographical and therefore, the packages arrive near the customer’s home. If the customer is interested in picking up her packages at anotheocation, she must first request the new address, her place of work for example
Elisheva Moldovsky, a student at the Betzalel Academy and a Jerusalem resident, was surprised when she arrived at the post office on Nachum Street in the Geula area of the capital, seeing a sign taped to the door asking visitors to dress modestly.
According to the Yediot Achronot report, her packages arrive at that branch. She requested to have them sent elsewhere, but the branch refused to accommodate her. Since she lives on Yaffo Street, she would prefer another branch but was told her address falls under the jurisdiction of this distribution office. Now, she sees the sign regarding modest clothing, calling it “a chutzpa”. She asked what would occur if such a sign was placed at the office of the Interior Minister of the Tax Authority.
It is pointed out this is not an official branch of the Israel Postal Authority, but a store that is used to service the area.
Elisheva is quoted explaining she never had a problem in the past, and the employees in the branch are quite accommodating and tolerant, and never commented on her attire. She adds that she wrote her own sign in response, that whomever is bothered by her attire should cover their eyes.
5 comments:
ON YOUR COMMENTS, TO MY BLOG WRITINGS, I HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE COME ON WHO TRY TO BLACKMAIL ME NOT TO WRITE MY OPINION.
THAT IS WHAT JEWISH PEOPLE DO, ESPECIALLY THE SNOBBISH ORTHODOX ( THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL WITH THAT PERSONS CHILDREN)
THE FRUM TRY TO BLACKMAIL THE NOT FRUM TO BE ORTHODOX THIS IS THE SAME BETWEEN DIFFERENT FACTION OF ORTHODOXY.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK IF YOU WANT TO SPREAD MORE RELIGION BY THE JEWISH PEOPLE, BLACKMAIL IS NOT THE WAY, WE NEED MORE EDUCATION AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT FACTORS.
God you are busy writing at 4 in the morning ,when do you sleep?
DOVI
I AM PLEASED YOU NOTICED, AND START TO REALISE THAT YOU LOT DO NOT UNDERSTAND ME.
THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO EXPLAIN ALL THE TIME THAT YOU LOT LIVE WITH RULES WHICH ARE NOT THE WAY THE TORAH THINKS ABOUT LIFE.
It annoys we when this happens. People’s standards of modestly vary and what is good for one is not good for another. There are plenty of Israeli women who wear trousers and keep shabbat and kosher. Some cover their hair and wear short sleeevs. In my opinion no one should put up signs telling others what to wear.
MALKA BATSHEVA
AS YOU WRITE PEOPLE'S STANDARD OF MODESTLY VARY, BUT THERE IS ONE WAY IN YIDDISHKEIT AND YOU CAN NOT DO OR WEAR WHAT YOU WANT.
THE FRUM CROWED THINK'S YOU CAN BLACK MAIL PEOPLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT,IN THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MOST OF THE YOUNG ZIONISTS CAME FROM MEA SHEARIM AND THE MORE THE PARENTS BLACKMAILED THE CHILDREN THE MORE CHILDREN LEFT HOME AND BECAME NOT FRUM.
BLACKMAIL DOES NOT WORK
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