Zionism Endangers U.S. Jews Because ...
Its Government Completely Favors One Sect of Jews
In Israel if you're a Jew, but not Orthodox or Nationalist Ultra-Orthodox you face religious discrimination. Going back to Israel's start the Orthodox were given control of "family life" and this has morphed into control or key influence over marriage, burials, divorce, who can pray at the Western Wall, conversion, "Who is a Jew" and on and on. Israel has "Chief Rabbis" in various towns and over all of Israel and they matter.
With the new government elected in Nov. 2022 things are getting even worse. Gays and trans are expected to be new targets.
In the United States only 10% of Jews consider themselves Orthodox. There are no "Chief Rabbis". In Israel the Orthodox are a bit more numerous proportionally. Yet 35% of Israeli Jews consider themselves "totally secular". Still, the Orthodox and Nationalist Ultra-Orthodox rule the roost. Since its beginnings Israel state has discriminated against religious views of the majority Jews. If these things were done against Jews in the U.S. or Europe it would be called "antisemitism".
Against their Will Israelis will Subsidize Hundreds of Thousands of Lerners -May 24, 2023 Anshel Pfeffer
Thousands in Jerusalem rally against budget, deals for ultra-Orthodox | The Times of Israel "protesters accuse government of looting state coffers to meet demands from Haredi politicians"
Rabbi Gilad Kariv on the Tycoons of Religion - interviwed by Ayelett Shani
from 2012
“At the synagogue here upstairs, one of the walls is decorated with the verse from Micha 'Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your Lord'” ... In other words, the most meaningful outward expression of our Jewish life should be in doing justice and acts of kindness." [not constant ritual and endless hairsplitting]
Archive of articles
This archive of links is about what the Israeli establishment think are the "wrong kind of Jews".
Israel's Rulers Actually Despise most U.S. Jews - Anshel Pfeffer
What the "Religious Zionists" Want- Stanley Heller, January 2, 2023
"Bizarre List" of Orthodox demands - Anshel Pfeffer
New coalition want to repeal the "Grandfather Clause" - Times of Israel
Ben Gvir calls for revoking state recognition of non-Orthodox conversions
"It is therefore forbidden for a man to hear a woman other than his immediate family sing."
Controversy Rages Over Female Singers at Israeli Memorial Ceremonies - from 2016
Teen girl’s song nixed from municipal show over ultra-Orthodox man in audience March 13, 2023
Harassment At A Western Wall Bar Mitzvah Renews The Fight Over Prayer Spaces In Israel
July 2002
Reform Jews in Israel Furious Over Attack by Army Radio Host
Talk show host Irit Linur said Reform Jews don’t belong in Israel and compared them to the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor cult. Israel’s liberal Jewish movements are calling on her to apologize or be dismissed
Ultra-Orthodox Extremists Assault Woman for Sitting at Front of Jerusalem Bus
"When the woman declined to move, a group of 20 men began verbally berating her, and when she still refused to leave her seat they began physically assaulting her and prevented her from calling the police"
August 2022
Israel’s Women Are Forced to the Back of the Bus
Moment Magazine 2010
Erased: Why the removal of female faces in the haredi world is a problem
Jerusalem Post 2021
Controversy Rages Over Female Singers at Israeli Memorial Ceremonies
Women increasingly told they cannot sing at public events in order not to insult religious sensibilities.
‘Wandering Jews’: A Reform Community in Israel Battles for a Place to Pray
Reform Jews in Israel Furious Over Attack by Army Radio Host
Talk show host Irit Linur said Reform Jews don’t belong in Israel and compared them to the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor cult. Israel’s liberal Jewish movements are calling on her to apologize or be dismissed.
A Rabbi’s Contentious Quest for Religious Pluralism in Israel
There is more than one way to be Jewish, says Gilad Kariv, the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s Parliament. The idea poses a challenge to the country’s Orthodox establishment.
"As a lawmaker with parliamentary immunity, Rabbi Kariv can bring them the Torah under police protection. But dozens of ultra-Orthodox opponents typically stand in his way to prevent the handover. They shout abuse and sometimes they try to rip the scroll from his hands."
The Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
Securing civil rights for a just and egalitarian Israel based on Israeli law and Jewish tradition.
Western Wall prayer site's future is in doubt under Israel's fragile government
U.S. State Department Report 2021
"The Chief Rabbinate determines who may be buried in Jewish state cemeteries, limiting this right to individuals considered Jewish by Orthodox Jewish standards. "...
"The law imposes a two-year prison sentence for persons who conduct a marriage or are married in a Jewish wedding or divorce outside the Chief Rabbinate’s authority in the country."
Rabbis deny 1 in 10 Jews the right to marry in Israel
Supreme religious body faces growing backlash as critics compare Israel’s religious freedoms to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan
2016
Police Arrest Woman for Wearing Prayer Shawl at Western Wall 2009
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