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Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Calls African-American Children “Monkeys”
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, delivered one of those mystifying sermons (English) that only true believers can fathom. The problem is that they live in such a cocoon insulated from the rest of the world that neither their spiritual leader nor themselves understand how tone-deaf (aka “racist) they are. In a dvar torah (sermon) he […]
Israeli Chief Rabbis Endorse Ethnic Cleansing, Palestinian Servitude
The Israeli chief Sephardic rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, told a gathering of followers that non-Jews should be expelled from Israel (Hebrew here). The only exception, he said, would be in the cases of non-Jews who accepted the seven Noahide laws. The rabbi’s intent is to expel the largest non-Jewish population in Israel, Palestinian Arabs. He also said that […]
Seattle Mosque, Synagogues Faithwash Israel-Palestine
The local Seattle Jewish “lifestyle magazine,” Jewish in Seattle, features a story this month promoting a “Jewish -Muslim dialogue group.” The group is composed of 20 individuals, who are Muslim members of MAPS, a Redmond-based mosque; and Temple Herzl Ner Tamid and Congregation Kol Ami of Mercer Island. I was struck by the photograph that accompanies […]
