The secularists affiliated with the Free Jerusalem Party are continuing their efforts against the growing chareidi community in the capital�s Kiryat Yovel neighborhood, calling on Mayor Nir Barkat to cut funding to the chareidi community center in the area, releasing offensive materials that support a continuation of the �ghetto policies that existed in Europe� against the local chareidi community, the daily HaMevaser reports.

The secularists decry the ongoing efforts by Yahadut HaTorah and Shas, which they insist result in compromised rights for the non-frum community in the city in general, and in Kiryat Yovel in particular.

Councilman Yosef Deutsch is quoted as explaining efforts by the non-frum to depict Kiryat Yovel�s chareidi community as an insignificant number of residents will not succeed, for in actuality, the chareidim represent a prominent number of the community�s residents.

Deutsch is quoted as adding that Yahadut HaTorah and Shas will make sure that the area�s chareidim will receive what they are entitled to as other residents in the community and throughout the city.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)