However, many of the fans of team Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem are Orthodox Jews who frown on public displays of femininity and so their approach to fulfilling the league mandate is decidedly different:

Sadly, no gyrating hips, flashes of thigh, glimpses of cleavage or smoldering looks commonly seen in the routines of more famous troupes like the Los Angeles Laker Girls (1) or even Russian cheerleaders and certainly never a wardrobe malfunction as seen at Superbowl XLII [Warning NSFW].

I would like to point out that while the Jerusalem team may be modestly attired compared to modern cheerleaders, they are still a few decades ahead in sexy outfits of what was appropriate in the 1950s here in America:

and 1400 years ahead of Muslim Cheerleaders:

of course, the greatest Muslim cheerleader, foremost anti-Semite, and largest piece of camel-dung in the world is:

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France24 News, No sexiness, we're Holy City cheerleaders

These are the Hapoel Jerusalem cheerleaders, and their defiantly flat performances are the result of a long-running saga that has spawned an unlikely alliance of Orthodox Jews and feminists taking on professional sports.

Critics want them off the court and the league will not cave in. The result is a sexless, covered-up performance.

The dispute highlights a frequent problem in the Jewish state, where the sensitivities of the religious minority clash with the more worldly views of the secular majority, particularly in Jerusalem with its large religious population.

The two worlds are now colliding on a basketball court.

Clad in footless white tights and tops resembling maternity frocks, the cheerleaders dutifully performed their time-out numbers.

They twirled and jumped, but there were none of the gyrating hips, flashes of thigh, glimpses of cleavage or smouldering looks commonly seen in the routines of more famous troupes like the Los Angeles Laker Girls, or even the sensuous dancers of local rivals, Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The row has been on the backburner for more than a year since Israel's top basketball league decreed cheerleaders mandatory for every team.

Some clubs, like Hapoel Jerusalem, objected, saying cheerleaders would offend many of their fans who are observant Orthodox Jews.

Credits:
Israeli Basketball team photos courtesy of Jewish Humor Central.

1959 Tiger Cheerleaders photo courtesy of Rockdale Tigers Class of 1959 Webpage.

Muslim cheerleaders photo courtesy of A Fatwa on Purdah, Hijab.

Camel-Dung photo courtesy of Bombay Duck.