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VIDEO / Ultra-Orthodox 'Modesty Guard' suspected of beating Jerusalem woman
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Ultra-Orthodox, Jerusalem 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for August 7, 2008.

A group of men who police suspect were hired by an ultra-Orthodox gang recently broke into a Jerusalem woman's home and beat her because they deemed her immodest.

The so-called "Modesty Guard" is suspected of being behind the incident. The gang has been known to unleash extortion, mercenaries, violence and surveillance on less religious Jews they deem sacrilegious. They claim to do it all in the name of God.

The incident may be one of a string of signs of rising ultra-Orthodox violence. Last year, five Haredi Jews assaulted a woman and an Israel Defense Forces soldier because they sat next to one another on a Jerusalem bus.
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      8.   #5 BBSNews is mistaken 04:48  |  Nathaniel 08/08/08
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