A group of men who police suspect were hired by an ultra-Orthodox gang recently broke in to 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.

MK Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) appears to be the ultra-Orthodox candidate for Jerusalem mayor, replacing the previous ultra-Orthodox choice of Uri Lupolianski, the incumbent mayor.
(by Yair Ettinger from http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1008833.html)

Dozens of young demonstrators gather outside capital's municipality with tents, guitars, coffee in order to call on city leaders to stop building expensive 'ghost neighborhoods' for foreign residents, create inexpensive student housing.
(by Ronen Medzini from Ynet - http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3577851,00.html)

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Uri Orbach writes about the little things that mark ultra-Orthodox takeover of Jerusalem
(from YnetNews: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3577105,00.html)