Ratio: Israeli Reform Jews : Israeli Kha•reid•imꞋ “There’s a gnawing hunger among the great moderate majority of Israeli Jews for a Tōr•âhꞋ-centric, RabꞋi Hi•leilꞋ–Ram•ba”mꞋ egalitarian pluralism around which to orbit. So, eight percent of Jewish Israelis identify with the Reform movement, five percent with Conservative. That’s 13%, that’s 800,000 people named in the study –…
Judaism belongs to all Jews around the world, not to a radical cult of Dark Ages European-assimilated logic, math and science illiterates. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/251899 Citation: how to properly cite this article; note academic Chicago Style standard italics, parentheses, commas, periods and quotation marks. Yirmeyahu Ben-David. “Rabbinate’s Monopoly On Conversion Finally Broken” Israel Jews News. Editor: Yirmeyahu…
The Chasm In Israeli-American Jewry 2017.11 Remedy Ignored Still crescendoing at an ever-worsening rate nearly a year after my last article was ignored – in which I responded to the ToI blog “Jewish Diaspora Leaders Don’t Understand Secular Israelis” with the following. “ American Jews would find it most illuminating to list the main characteristics…
Beware The Majority (Shᵊm•ōtꞋ 23.2) Recall: the vast majority, almost everyone, worshiped the gold calf-mask of Egypt’s idol:Hât-HōrꞋ! Yet another “coincidence.” Just as news is breaking in the U.S. about “most” of the press’ Trump thumpin’ (what’s new?) – often preceding its echo in Israel, it “just happens” that this morning I’ve been working on…
Not All Yᵊshiv•âhꞋ Students Evade IDF הֶסְדֵּר (hëꞋsᵊdeir; arrangement) Yᵊshiv•ōtꞋ HëꞋsᵊdeir yᵊshiv•ōtꞋ combine military service with Judaic studies of the TzaꞋh”l (Arutz Sheva photo; notice the modern dress and large-sized but non-black, knitted (not velvet nor silk) kip•ōtꞋ that identifies nationalist-Zionist Orthodox young Jews). HëꞋsᵊdeir (“arrangement”) yᵊshiv•ōtꞋ represent the segment of the Judaic population where…
Open Response To Isaac Herzog (ToI 2018.08.12): Israeli-American Rift Failure To Consult Those Who Know The Solution Talk with American Jews who’ve never lived here. Be misled by American Jews’ ignorant-ecumenic mindset that has no connection with the Israeli Jews’ radical ignorant-fundamentalist mindset. Talk with your native Israeli Jews who’ve never lived in the U.S.…
Israeli Election In Early 2019? Impact On Moderate Israeli & Tᵊphutz•âhꞋ Jews Issues Issues boiling over to early elections include Israeli citizens who “won’t stand for” (wsf) some new laws: miso-Judaic Lapid “Jews” wsf “Supermarket Bill” (forcing closure of supermarkets on Shabat) miso-Judaic Arab/”Jews”: wsf Judaic State (“Nationality”) Law perverts: wsf excluding homosexuals in new…
Yitzkhaq “Booji” Hertzog Heads Jewish Agency Booji, who has taken over the reins of the Jewish Agency from Natan Sharanski, seems to at least partially recognize the scope of the rift that has developed between Israeli and American Jews. That is a good thing. He expresses the desire to heal the gaping chasm between Israel…
Kol ha-Kavod To “Hashgacha Pratit” (Private Supervision) Arutz Sheva (Channel 7): http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/249717 Today marks the launch of Hashgacha Pratit’s program to offer Orthodox marriages unconnected to the Dark Ages Khareidim Rabbinate. While most of those affected are Russian immigrants, there are increasing numbers of Israeli Jews who refuse to register their wedding for recognition by…
Citation: how to properly cite this article; note academic Chicago Style standard italics, parentheses, commas, periods and quotation marks. Yirmeyahu Ben-David. “Genealogical (Racist) Jews v The ‘Eirev Rav’ ” Israel Jews News. Editor: Yirmeyahu Ben-David. (2018.06.22, The Netzarim, http://www.netzarim.co.il). (Date you accessed this Israel Jews News article). The “Eirev Rav” (Shᵊm•ōtꞋ 12.38) For the benefit of…
