Purpose: Cover your head in order that the fear of heaven may be upon you.
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‘SHAS’ or HAREDI JEWS in ISRAEL: LIVING TOGETHER WHILE LIVING APART
DEAR FOLKS, please let me know if I missed something… It took one whole week to organize articles, and now… I AM TEARING ALL MY HAIR OUT!!!
JIWON:
Do you follow IDEOLOGY or RELIGION or JUDAISM? Whatsoever… I only follow MONEY. *.*
Please check
Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (Unity of Jerusalem)
Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (NIS 1 billion for Child Allowance)
Part of Dear-Arab-Readers
Articles on ‘Shas and Institutions’ from 1996 to 2006
Talkbacks: Secularism vs. Orthodox Judaism (Regarding Government Fund for Shas from Apr 22, 1998 to Jun 2, 2008)
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PLEASE CHECK SECTION-LEFT, (Un)divided-Jerusalem
From Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (Unity of Jerusalem)
Politicians (International): Jerusalem Should Be Divided
Politicians (International): Jerusalem Should Not Be Divided
Media (International): Jerusalem Should Be Divided
Media (International): Jerusalem Should Not Be Divided
Jerusalemites: Things are happening in Jerusalem. Which idea is better?
Jews: Jerusalem Should Not Be Divided. (No need to make this collection… *.*)
Palestinians: Jerusalem Should Be Divided. (No need to make this collection, either… O.o~*)
Jews: Jerusalem Should Be Divided
Jerusalem Mayor Barkat: J’lem to be divided – for the better
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PLEASE CHECK SECTION-LEFT, Faceless-Female
From Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (NIS 1 billion for Child Allowance)
For Haredi Papers, Livni/Livnat is Faceless (Shas blocks vote on pro-woman divorce bill.) Updated on Oct 29, 2008
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PLEASE CHECK SECTION-LEFT, Welfare/Halpert-Law
From Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (NIS 1 billion for Child-Allowance)
Shas’s Yishai: It’s not just about Welfare or Halpert-Law. We must also talk about Employment. When you have families that can’t feed themselves, you have to have enough welfare for them to get by. (2 out of 3 Haredi men do not have a paid job. But haredi businessmen are savvy and seem to be making much money.) Updated on Oct 26, 2008
Haredim are extremely secretive about the (MONEY) deals: ‘There is a very strong belief that God’s blessing is on things that are hidden away from the public eye.’ Updated on Aug 28, 2008
JIWON: Do you follow IDEOLOGY or RELIGION or JUDAISM? Whatsoever… I only follow MONEY. *.*
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PLEASE CHECK SECTION-LEFT, Kippah-Education
From Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (NIS 1 billion for Child-Allowance)
Shas’s Yishai: We want to bring to the educational system Jewish values such as respect for teachers and parents. Look at all the violence, the drugs and the total disrespect for authority of this generation. Shas has an educational message that can rehabilitate the educational system. Updated on Oct 30, 2008
Wealthy Haredi Foundation is funding Ultra-Orthodox program. Why should it be banned? Updated on Oct 31, 2008
Ultra-Orthodox or Haredi or Whatever School: We prefer NOT to teach THESE kids. Sephardi families are meek and won’t fight back. Or Yiddish-speaking child has ‘Sephardic-stain’ in genealogy. Or Haredim will anyway reject Zionist narrative. Updated on Oct 28, 2008
Ms. Jew… You are right. Alia is PERFECT for you (You will completely cover your body, and work all day while your man studies Torah all day. You will stop your study at a certain level/age.) Updated on Sep 4, 2008
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PLEASE CHECK SECTION-LEFT, IDF-Service
From Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (NIS 1 billion for Child Allowance)
Yeshivas: Look at the whole history of the Jewish people. Israel has spiritual as well as physical needs, and there is no greater service than that of religious study. (More and more yeshiva students choosing Torah over IDF service) Updated on Nov. 2, 2008
Jewish Family: Mother didn’t want her son to serve in a combat unit. (Son was killed in an ambush/Gaza) Undated on Apr 17, 2008
Kibbutzniks still punching above their weight in IDF Updated on Jun 12, 2008
Number of Israeli Arab IDF recruits dramatically increases in 2008 (Not for political but for economic reason) Updated on Oct 10, 2008
Tal Law: More and more yeshiva students choosing Torah over IDF service (Only 80 yeshiva students opted for national service in 2007) Updated on Sep 9, 2009
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PLEASE CHECK SECTION-LEFT, Demography
From Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (NIS 1 billion for Child-Allowance)
Rabbi: The reality is that in 15 years it would be hard for secular candidates to be elected as mayor of any city in Israel, due to the city’s demography. Updated on Nov. 2, 2008
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MUCH MORE JEWISH INSIDE ISRAEL (NOT FINISHED… much more information need to be added!!!)
PLEASE CHECK SECTION-LEFT, Demography
From Shas Council of Torah Sages: Party Can’t Join Coalition for 2 Reasons. (NIS 1 billion for Child-Allowance)
JIWON: Why everybody says they are fed up with SHAS? Who’s Whose Concubine? Updated on Nov 4, 2008
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MORE INFORMATION NEED TO BE ADDED and ORGANIZED…
JIWON: My computer work happened to report this article.
From ISRAEL & HEADACHE! (Impossible to find the exact title… *.*) in FrontPage of my Knesset-blog, Welcome-to-Jerusalem.
European rabbis invalidate conversions done by Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s State Conversion Authority (May 20, 2008): “We oppose the phenomenon of Israeli rabbis shuttling to Europe especially to perform a conversion and then shuttling back. These rabbis are not familiar with the reality in Europe,” said Rabbi Moshe Lebel, Rabbinical Director of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER). (…) In sharp contrast to the CER’s stance, the Rabbinic Council of America (RCA), the largest rabbinic organization in North America, came out in defense of Druckman…
JIWON: BELOW are happenings AFTER… *.*
NOTICE: It is not a result of my ‘planned & organized’ research. I just happened to save these articles, (without reading them), during my daily check up Jewish newspapers. NOW, TOO TIRED TO FINISH THIS WORK. I just feel really weird. WHO succeeded Haim Druckman as Conversion Authority head? Only Females’ conversions were revoked by High Rabbinical Court?
TOO TIRED TO START MY COLLECTION FROM THIS ARTICLE, ANYWAY:
A New Conversion Scandal (May 17, 2006) By Yated Ne’eman, Jonathan Rosenblum
Or Israel-US conversion authority crisis resolved (Feb 21, 2008)
16. Mazuz: Rabbinical courts can’t nullify Druckman conversions (Sep 25, 2008): (…) Arussi, who also has a law degree, said many marriage registrars were concerned about the legitimacy of conversions performed by Druckman as a result of Sherman’s ruling. “We need to receive direction from the chief rabbi and the Council of the Chief Rabbinate,” he said.
15. Ashkenazim, Sephardim fight over Chief Rabbinate appointments (Sep 16, 2008): A dispute between Sephardi and Ashkenazi rabbis over the appointment of Shas mentor Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s son has prevented the two camps from joining forces to take control of the Chief Rabbinate’s governing council. (…) However, Degel Hatorah and Agudath Yisrael refuse to form a united voting bloc with Shas in protest against Shas’s candidate Rabbi Avraham Yosef, the chief rabbi of Ashdod and the son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the supreme halachic authority for Ashkenazi haredim, ordered his representatives to oppose the appointment of Avraham Yosef. Elyashiv’s opposition to Rabbi Avraham Yosef is primarily due to his position on laws governing the Sabbatical (shmita) year.
14. Judge urges haredi conversion primacy (Aug 6, 2008): Rabbinical judge urges religious Zionists to accept haredi primacy in conversions. Druckman supporters shout down rabbi who criticized his rulings (…)
13. Chief Sephardi Rabbi Amar agrees to new conversion c’tee (Aug 6, 2008)
12. Olmert pledges to press for conversion reforms: Local exec applauds effort, calls rabbis’ ruling ‘catastrophe’ (Jul 24, 2008): NJJN (New Jersey Jewish News) Staff and JTA contributed to this report.
11. Olmert: Conversion is a national priority (Jul 22, 2008)
10. UJC calls for Olmert’s input on conversion (Jul 13, 2008)
9. Shas may be ready for compromise on extension of rabbinical court powers (Jul 1, 2008)
8. Religious freedom now (Jun 22, 2008): Rabbi Reuven Hammer is the head of the Rabbinical Court of the Israeli Masorti (Conservative) Movement and a former president of the movement’s International Rabbinical Assembly.
7. Committee created to replace Druckman (Jun 17, 2008)
6. Ombudsman recommends firing rabbinic judge in Druckman saga (Jun 12, 2008)
5. Court to decide on rejected conversions (Jun 6, 2008)
4. ‘State can’t force rabbis to perform conversions’ (May 28, 2008): (…) to debate the crisis between religious Zionists and Ashkenazi haredim over the legitimacy of the special conversion courts established several years ago to facilitate conversions. The long-standing dispute reached crisis proportions several weeks ago when Rabbi Avraham Sherman, a judge on the High Rabbinical Court, ruled that all the judgments of the head of the special courts, Rabbi Haim Druckman, were null and void. Soon afterward, the 75-year-old Druckman was fired, allegedly on the grounds that he was too old to continue holding the government position. But religious Zionist leaders charged Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with caving in to haredi pressure. In the meantime, Yisrael Beiteinu MK David Rotem tried to steer the discussion toward a bill he initiated aimed at transferring the responsibility for conversion from the religious court system to the city rabbis. Rotem hoped to bring the bill to a vote during the meeting but agreed to postpone it due to a request by haredi MKs. Rehovot Chief Rabbi Simcha Hacohen Kook said the government and the Knesset would be violating the human rights of rabbis if they forced them to recognize conversions they did not believe in. (…)
3. Yosef: ‘Conversion Courts are too stringenta” (May 28, 2008): (…) Yosef’s position also underlines differences in approach between Sephardi rabbis, who tend to be more lenient in their halachic rulings than haredi Ashkenazi rabbis.
2. Chaos in Conversion authority as head is fired (May 22, 2008)
1. Or Yehuda deputy mayor: I’m sorry about burning New Testaments(May 22, 2008): TALKBACKS – 18. Talansky, Haredi and how to destroy a state – This week was filled with modern jewish achievements: First studens of Or Yehuda Yeshiva burned the new Testament, a book that is close to 2 Bio people’s religous belief; than Rabbi Druckmann was fired as head of the conversion auhorities, on request of Shas and Haredi circles; and now Haredi Rabbis organize a US Jewish doner to become the killing weapon against an Israel Prime Minister. Puhhh – if my history class memory doesn’t fail me: Religious fanatic Jews have destroyed this country and its temple twice before; Toucholsky stated: When you burn books, the next is you will burn people;… / READER – Israel (05/23/2008 15:07)
JIWON: Weird… When I first read this article, there were not many talkbacks and I only saved this comment in my draft (May 26) of my next-mail to Knesset. Now on June 2, I try to organize it again and can’t find this comment from 414 talkbacks. Should I not use this in my blog?
MORE INFORMATION NEED TO BE ADDED and ORGANIZED…
Recent incidents suggest rise in violence between Haredi, messianic Jews (Mar 26, 2008)
US report: Rise in violence against Messianic Jews and Christians
Messianic Jews to protest ‘discrimination’
Israel’s Messianic Jews: Police indifferent to threats against us (Tiny community of Messianic Jews under increased threat) (Jun 20, 2008): Israeli Jews who believe Jesus was the Messiah complain of threats, harassment, police indifference.
Arabs praise Israel for Independent Judical System (Corruption of Olmert) (May 31, 2008): Talkbacks for this article 113 – 57. Corruption : Israel needs to treat all equal before the law. The fact that police turn a blind eye to religious persecution of Messianic Jews by radical, fanical Jews can not be ignored. If this was Muslims on Jews, there would be tremendous repercussions. There all equal and you have true liberty. / jay – USA (05/30/2008 14:38)
MORE INFORMATION NEED TO BE ADDED…
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ISRAEL & AMERICAN EVANGELICALS (NOT FINISHED…)
Our World: Jews united for Israel’s friends (Jun 3, 2008) By CAROLINE GLICK / Talkbacks for this article: 91
AIPAC’s decision to shun Pastor John Hagee reveals the terrible state of American Jewish politics today.
U.S. pastor apologizes to Jews for ‘God sent Hitler’ comments
MORE INFORMATION NEED TO BE ADDED…
Rabbi Yoffie (Union for Reform Judaism): ‘Christians for Israel’ hurt country (Apr 4, 2008).: “If Yoffie wants America to pressure Israel to trade land for peace, than yes, he [differs] from us. He should phrase it as it is. We are not trying to block the peace process, it’s that he is seeking to impose the peace process,” said CUFI (=Hagee).
[Bibi+CUFI] vs. [Union for Reform Judaism] on JERUSALEM Issue (Apr 7, 2008).: “This is a friendship of the heart, a friendship of common roots, and a friendship of common civilization,” Netanyahu told a conference of American Evangelicals in Jerusalem, (CUFI=Hagee) (…) Hagee announced donations of $6 million to a number of Israeli causes and declared that Israel must remain in control of all of Jerusalem. “Turning part or all of JERUSALEM over to the Palestinians would be tantamount to turning it over to the Taliban,” Hagee said. Netanyahu’s remarks come just days after US Rabbi Yoffie (Union for Judaism) said that Israel should not deal with Christian Zionists like Hagee, calling him an “extremist”… MK Benny Elon (NU-NRP), who has spearheaded Israel’s relations with the evangelical Christian world, called Yoffie’s politically based remarks “shameful,” and called Hagee a “visionary man of courage” and an “outstanding spiritual leader.” Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin called the burgeoning ties between Israel and the evangelical Christian world “one of the most important things,” after close to 2,000 years of enmity persecution and pogroms. He called the rapprochement between Christians and Jews “one of the miracles” of the 20th century.
Rev. Hagee (Christians United for Israel): We don’t tell Israelis what to do (Apr 7, 2008).: (…) “Yoffie relies on a few quotes from me and others pulled out of context,” said Hagee. (…) “The record is clear. This is not a matter of a few statements here and there, these are consistent statements over a period of years demanding that territory should not be returned,” said Yoffie. The rabbi pointed to a letter sent by Hagee to President George W. Bush in 2007 in which he claimed that territorial compromise was a policy of past. “The thrust of the letter calls on the president to reject territorial compromise. There is no ambiguity. They are pushing a particular agenda and demanding the president abandon his policy. If that has changed and they are talking about deferring to the government of Israel, then I would welcome it,” said Yoffie. (…) “I must say that Rabbi Yoffie’s speech demonstrates not only a lack of respect for me, but a troubling lack of respect for the truth,” said Hagee.
After their verbal sparring, Hagee and Yoffie may meet (Apr 9, 2008).: (…) Yoffie’s initial speech and the potential for a rapprochement come as Hagee is working to repel a tidal wave of negative publicity unleashed by his endorsement… Critics have called on McCain to distance himself from the endorsement, accusing Hagee of religious intolerance. The controversy threatens to weaken Hagee, one of Israel’s most influential Christian supporters, while also supplying a boost to liberals who oppose the increasing willingness of Jewish organizations to work with him and other right-wing evangelicals on Middle East-related issues. (…) Hagee denied reports that he had referred to the Catholic Church as “a great whore,” a “false cult system” and an “apostate church.”… The pastor did not address claims that in the past he had said some intolerant things about Islam, including his reported assertion that the Koran instructs Muslims to kill Jews and Christians. After the call, a Hagee spokesman said the pastor distinguishes between Islam and radical Islam. Yoffie told JTA that he would go back to the sources to see whether he had plucked any of these statements out of context. “I would be delighted if we could agree” on treating other faiths with respect, the rabbi said. A powwow with Hagee would hardly be the first time Yoffie, a staunch liberal and Zionist, met with an ideological foe… Yoffie’s boldest step last week was his call for Jews to stop attending the “Nights to Honor Israel” that have been Hagee’s key triumph. Christians United for Israel says the nights have raised tens of million of dollars since he launched them 25 years ago at his church. Since its founding two years ago, CUFI has held 75 such events across the country, often working with local Jewish groups… Even with the recent controversies, Hagee still commands b support within the Jewish community. Lee Wunsch, the executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, who joined Hagee on his current Israel tour… On the national level, Hagee has strong ties with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee… AIPAC did not comment. (…) Hagee retains close ties with settlers…
Poll: 82% of US Christians support Israel. (45% oppose the division of JERUSALEM) (Apr 10, 2008).: …according to the poll… Joshua Fund, an evangelical organization. (…) The survey found clear differences between Protestants and Catholics on the issue. Protestants were more likely to say a Palestinian state would be a terror state by a 10-point margin; Catholics were evenly split. The belief was strongest among Republican and conservative Evangelicals… There are 50 million-60 million evangelicals Christians in the US. (…) Finally, 45% said they would be more likely to support a US presidential candidate who would protect America from Islamic terrorism, protect Israel from a nuclear attack from Iran, oppose the division of Jerusalem and refuse to pressure Israel to make concessions on issues of national security, (…) The non-profit organization, (Joshua Fund), aims to raise more than $100 million over the next three years to help Israeli victims…
Column: Reform Judaism is now afraid of Christianity. (Apr 13, 2008).: The leader of the proud, rich and mercurial denomination that in the past abandoned Hebrew, abolished circumcision, moved Shabbat to Sunday and served pork at a rabbinical ordination ceremony has now cautioned American Jews not to cooperate with America’s Christian Zionists.
(MORE in Category, 10. Rabbis and 10. US Christians)
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