After a couple years of Iryat Yerushalayim sponsoring a summer event called Baale-Basta in the shuk of Mahane Yehuda, it looks like the program might now expand.

For the past two years the haredim, both the "regular" haredim represented by the haredi political parties along with the haredim represented by the Eida, have protested, in one way or another, the Baale-Basta events. They were immodest, female singers, caused drunkenness which eventually spilled over into the nearby haredi neighborhoods, and whatever else they could come up with, they now are overjoyed to be getting their own version of the Baale-Basta.

According to this report on Mynet, the Iryah has suggested a program that is being embraced by the community representatives of Geula. The city has been revamping the neighborhood of Geula, and bringing in  a haredi version of the Baale-Basta should bring a big boost to the local businesses. Obviously instead of female performers, all will be male and Haredi (Avraham Fried's name is mentioned, but I doubt all performers will be such major names), and crowds performed to will be segregated.

They might have protested the event until now, but they can't argue with the results. And hopefully they will replicate those results into Geula.

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