Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Getting (Nearly) Naked for God:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_04_05-2009_04_11.shtml#1239208226
[1]Prof. Howard Friedman's Religion Clause -- the best news source
I've seen for religion-and-the-law matters (both American and foreign)
writes:
Passover begins tonight, and in Israel the dispute continues over
how to interpret its Festival of Matzot (Prohibition of Leaven)
Law, 5746-1986, (also known as the "Hametz Law"). Last year, a
court held that its ban on the public display any leavened product
for sale or consumption during Passover did not prevent the sale in
a closed place of business of leavened products. (See prior
posting.) The Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community is still distressed
over the ruling. This week, according to Arutz Sheva, to protest
the interpretation, yeshiva student Aryeh Yerushalmi entered a Tel
Aviv grocery store, went to the bread section, and stripped naked
(except for a sock over his private parts). He says Israeli law
bans performing an indecent act in a public place, but if a grocery
store is not "public" for purposes of the Hametz Law, its should
not be for the indecent exposure law either. When police arrived at
the scene, the student put his clothes back on. A Tel Aviv district
court judge put Yerushalmi under house arrest for a week.
For more links -- and more interesting posts on other topics -- go to
the post linked to above, or to [2]the blog generally.
References
1.
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2009/04/student-in-israel-displays-novel.html
2. http://religionclause.blogspot.com/
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