Images of ultra-Orthodox Jews dressed up as Nazi concentration camp inmates during a protest drew widespread condemnation yesterday.
Religious extremists are facing increasing criticism for their efforts to separate men and women in public spaces, and Sunday's protest added to the outrage.
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in Jerusalem to protest against what they say is a nationwide campaign directed against their lifestyle. The protesters called Israeli policemen Nazis, wore yellow Star of David patches with the word "Jude" - German for Jew - and dressed their children in striped black-and-white uniforms associated with Nazi concentration camps.
Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial denounced the use of Nazi imagery as "disgraceful".
