Is the regular Jerusalem EGGED bus not modest enough or simply too Zionist ?
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For years, the Haredim, mostly from Jerusalem, have been demonstrating for kosher buses where male and female sit separate. The state - owned bus company EGGED refused because thousands of secular or national religious people use the same buses and no one wants to force any other society group to go according to haredi demands. However, what EGGED did was setting up kosher buses on entirely haredi bus routes such as Ramat Shlomo (Jerusalem) or the bus no. 402 to Bnei Brak.
The Haredim started looking for an external solution and found the SUPERBUS; a private non - haredi bus company setting up buses to haredi destinations such as Kiryat Sefer or Beitar Illit. Those buses are kosher and separate seating is an obligation. I even heard from some Haredim that they prefer the Superbus, as it is cheaper than EGGED and not a Zionist company as EGGED.
Not all Haredim are really using those Superbuses and many times it simply depends on the destination. Inhabitants of Kiryat Sefer or Beitar don't have much of a choice now but otherwise, EGGED still keeps its haredi customers.
You are completely out of the loop.
ReplyDeleteWith the exception of a few kanoim in Bet Shemesh and Yerushalayim, Charedim have absolutely no problem with taking Egged.
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ReplyDeleteThe article is not about a haredi percentage using kosher buses or EGGED but about SUPERBUS taking over EGGED bus routes. And if you have a look at the EGGED Website you won't even find places like Kiryat Sefer anymore. Thus, Haredim living in these particular places have to use the Superbus.
There are many Haredim who don't have a problem with EGGED and there are those who do. And it is not only the ones from Beit Shemesh or other from the Edah.