Daniel Estrin is an American journalist. His radio stories have aired on The World, All Things Considered and Marketplace.

Daring to go Pantless in Jerusalem

January 18, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Ladies strip to their skivvies on Jaffa Road, near the tram stop. (Photo: Ada Broussard)

Earlier this week, about 4,000 people boarded the subway in New York City, took off their pants and rode in their underwear.

Just for fun.

It was the 12th annual No Pants Subway Ride and thousands of people in 17 countries participated in the stunt.

This year, for the first time, people went pants-less in Jerusalem.

As Daniel Estrin reports, that was a daring thing to do in a city filled with large populations of religiously devout Jews and Muslims.

This report was produced in collaboration with Tablet Magazine.

Discussion

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001731656160 Elsie Hedemann

Love it!!! young people in Jerusalem need to enjoy being young and make crazy things just because…so much crazy political stuff…Happy for you guys, never forget to have fun!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kay-Merkel-Boruff/1357563646 Kay Merkel Boruff

Crumb! Why didn’t they do that in 2010 when my niece & I were in Jerusalem!
http://www.facebook.com/clatter1 Carole Schwartz Latter

Jerusalem, too hip!