Sunday, December 23, 2012

Chaos in Israeli Chareidi world - no one in charge

Haaretz  A confused listener called in this week to a political talk show on the Shas-affiliated radio station Kol Barama. The listener is a student of Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak, the founder of the new political party Koah Lehashpia, which is targeting the same voters as Shas. He was distraught by an interview Yitzhak had given the day before in which he said he would not take into consideration the views of the spiritual leader of the Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. 

"I don't know anymore what to believe," the listener complained on air. 

The call was just the latest sign that even the sacred cows of the ultra-Orthodox are being taken out for the slaughter this election season, sowing confusion among voters and signaling a possible reduction in parliamentary power for the Haredi parties. 

Instead of continuing to be treated as a sage who should be obeyed without question, Yosef has become a punching bag. At the same time, the rivalry between two ultra-Orthodox leaders is threatening to split the non-Hasidic Ashkenazi Haredim, while small political movements are attacking rabbis from both the Shas and United Torah Judaism parties. The infighting is expected to cost the more established parties, especially UTJ, dearly at the polls, though the extent to which they will be affected remains to be seen.

11 comments :

  1. Since when is Haaretz a credible news source? More like the voice of Amalek. And don't respond by saying - what is not right about what they say. Last time I checked, we don't listen to the nachash and we don't engage it in debate.

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    1. When Haaretz says what everyone knows then you can assume they are accurately reporting the news.

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  2. If Haaretz said the sky was blue and water was wet I'ld begin to wonder... Besides, the Nachash spoke only the 100% aboslute truth and killed with it. By bringing them as a source, you, DT, are enhancing their credibility. What do you need it for?

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    1. People would rely more on "pure" news sources if there was a semblance there of fair and comprehensive coverage.

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    2. Do you really believe that Haaretz presents a semblance of fair and comprehensive coverage? In any sense of the word?

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    3. Which newspapers do you think present a semblance of fair and comprehensive coverage?

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    4. Who says any do? Why must there be one that does?

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  3. as a so called chareidi jew,if i was living in Israel,would not dream of giving my vote to anyone of those so called religious party's,they are nothing but blackmailing cheap (sorry for the expresion)whores,who would sell their own grandmother for a few stinkin shekalim,they have turned off more jews from yidishkeit,than Hashomer hatzair and all the leftists combined.
    they are one big CHILLUL HASHEM,let's hope and pray that the Israeli electorate,will come to their senses and vomit them out in the coming elections
    CHAIM.S

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  4. Amnon is not a great Torah scholar, but a populist and a false prophet.

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  5. Fighting between 'gedolei haDor'. Nothing new. At least they fight. Pretty viciously. Here in america, they are afraid to call out a 'godol' on account of a corrupt p$ak, lest they end up with the $ame $ituation as in israel.

    (Of course, one of the main leaders noted above is not a 'godol', but is very influential in certain circles. And his tapes are hilarious. Not hillary, hilarious.)

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