1Brooklyn, NY – A viral video showing members of the volunteer Jewish security group Shomrim escorting a yellow school bus through Boro Park traffic Friday afternoon has ignited fierce debate online over religious accommodations and public safety.

The footage, filmed just before sunset, shows several vehicles with flashing lights escorting a bus carrying children returning from JFK Airport after a trip to Uman, Ukraine, for Rosh Hashana.

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On Friday afternoon, just as zman Shabbos was approaching, a bus full of Yidden arrived in Boro Park at 14th Avenue and 50th Street, coming straight from JFK airport with passengers returning from Uman for Rosh Hashana. Members of Shomrim, Chaveirim, and the NYPD were on scene to clear the area and escort the bus, making sure that e

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