Leon was very helpful to the BikeAbout team while they were in Israel, and has graciously allowed us to make his work available to you on the BikeAbout site. O ne of the tours I enjoy the most is a tour to the ultra Orthodox neighbourhood of Jerusalem, Mea Shearim.
Women wear long dresses with long sleeves and shawls covering their heads.
This is their terrain, they feel at home here, they feel they are the masters here, they can decide who comes in or out of their neighbourhood, they decide how you will dress when you come in here to visit. T hey want to preserve Judaism,to protect their belief from outside influences. They are preserving the Jewish people as a distinctive nation in the world, with a belief in the One G-d. S pokesmen for the neighbourhood have declared Tourists officially unwelcome. Many inhabitants of Mea Shearim don't agree with that official standpoint.