Jerusalem, Israel - Rabbis to Curse Parade Organizers

Jerusalem, Israel - A Jewish invocation will be used by ultra Orthodox rabbis in Jerusalem to curse the organizers of the Prade and the police who protect them, said a spokesman for the Edah Haredit Monday.

In a ceremony known as "Pulsa D'nura" (blows of fire), rabbis of the anti-Zionist Edah Haredit rabbinic court will convene sometime before the march, which is scheduled for Friday, to conduct the kabbalistic ceremony which is believed to unleash unearthly powers against specified sinners.
"If done by a competent, God-fearing rabbinic court like the Edah Haredit, the people who are cursed do not live out the year," said a Jerusalem-based rabbi who preferred to remain anonymous.
The rabbi estimated that the curse was also directed at Attorney General Menachem Mazuz. "The haredi community is infuriated with Mazuz," said the rabbi. Mazuz ruled this week that there were no legal obstacles against going ahead with the march.

According to the Edah Haredit, it has been about 50 years since they last used the Pulsa D'nura curse. "It was against people who established Jerusalem's first mixed-sex swimming pool." They said that Gershon Agron, Jerusalem's mayor at the time, was also cursed. "He did not live out the year."