More than 10,000 people demonstrated in Beit Shemesh on Tuesday to protest the exclusion of women as well as violence against girls and women by Haredi extremists. Buses were chartered, using donated funds, to bring participants from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and the Sharon region. The school's arguably most-famous student is Na'ama Margolese, the 8-year-old American immigrant who became a focal point after Channel 2 news broadcast a story Friday night showing her facing a daily gauntlet of abuse from Haredi extremists as she walks to school. The rally was originally slated to take place in the courtyard of the school, but the venue was changed after organizers said Haredi extremists had threatened violence unless the location were changed.