Naama

Nasr's wife, Naama, was in the front yard when a tank 500 meters from the home fired shells packed with nails at the home.

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Nasr's wife, Naama, was in the front yard when a tank 500 meters from the home fired shells packed with nails at the home.

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The girls school that Naama attends in the city of Beit Shemesh, to the west of Jerusalem, is on the border between an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood and a community of modern Orthodox Jewish residents, many of them American immigrants.

Naama Margolese, Israeli Girl, Bullied By Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Extremists (VIDEO) 2011

He said police were also investigating complaints that some of the Orthodox men had spat at and spoken "disrespectfully" to girls en route to elementary school, where 8-year-old Naama Margolese, 8, whose spotlight television interview was aired on Friday, also attended class.

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Hadassa Margolese, Naama's 30-year-old Chicago-born mother, an Orthodox Jew who covers her hair and wears long sleeves and a long skirt, says, It shouldn't matter what I look like.

Naama Margolese, Israeli Girl, Bullied By Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Extremists (VIDEO) 2011

The televised images of Naama sobbing as she walked to school shocked many Israelis, elicited statements of outrage from the country's leadership, sparked a Facebook page with nearly 10,000 followers dedicated to "protecting little Naama" and a demonstration was held Tuesday evening in her honor.

Naama Margolese, Israeli Girl, Bullied By Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Extremists (VIDEO) 2011

Naama's case has been especially shocking because of her young age and because she attends a religious school and dresses with long sleeves and a skirt.

Naama Margolese, Israeli Girl, Bullied By Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Extremists (VIDEO) 2011

Moshe Levy and his wife Naama are middle-aged Jerusalemites who have a combined monthly income of almost $6,000 but are overdrawn at the bank by $9,000.

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In Beit Shemesh, parents in Naama's school take turns escorting their daughters into school property to protect them.

Naama Margolese, Israeli Girl, Bullied By Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Extremists (VIDEO) 2011

Last week, after a local TV channel reported about the school and interviewed Naama's family, a national uproar ensued.

Naama Margolese, Israeli Girl, Bullied By Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Extremists (VIDEO) 2011