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Al-Aqsa Mosque atop the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)
Israel’s chief rabbi urges building Jewish temple on Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif
The turnaround by Israel’s rabbinical leadership, which in the past has acted as a sane counterweight to messianic Third Temple activists, is a worrying sign. Netanyahu has regularly dismissed suggestions that Israel wants to alter the status quo on the Temple Mount as ‘incitement.’ One of the biggest drivers of violence in Jerusalem in recent…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 11, 2016
President Shimon Peres toasts to newly-elected Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau and newly-elected Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef. (photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Israel’s rabbinate reflects country’s racist streak
The people of Israel have received what they deserve: a rabbinate that is a true reflection of the current racist streak enlarging itself across the entire spectrum of Israeli society, from the streets of south Tel Aviv to the chambers of the Knesset. By Ahmadiel Ben Yehuda Israel’s new Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau wasted no…
By +972 Magazine August 15, 2013
Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Chief Rabbi confuses Monty Python with history
Yona Metzger shows, once more, how ignorant are Israeli Orthodox rabbis As the ultra-Orthodox keep trying to elicit more money from the government, one claim they make is that rabbinical studies should be a recognized form of higher education, equivalent to a BA. As if one needed an example of how bogus this claim is,…
By Yossi Gurvitz April 20, 2011
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