A ranking Haredi linked with the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi (pic) writes in today's HaAretz, my favorite extreme left-wing fishwrap, that "Yes, They are Jews-in-Doubt". "They" are the Ethiopian Jews. There was no Ashkenazi rabbi who opined that the Falashas are Jews, and it was the act of a sole individual - the late Chief Sepharadi Rabbi Joseph - who certified their Jewishness and forced the State of Israel to bring them all from Ethiopia. His motives were clear: to increase the "Sepharadi" voting mass and gain power through his Shas party. The article accuses the Sepharadi Haredim of hypocrisy and racism, because their Yeshives (high schools) reject Ethiopian students and they never marry Ethiopians.
The Ashkenazi Haredim, more honest, declare them non Jews and deal with them as human beings. They will not certify as Kosher the wine touched by Ethiopians because religion forbids drinking wine touched by non-Jews. There is a ferocious power dispute within the Haredi community, for a variety of issues. The Haredim are less than 10% of the population of Israel.
Link, please.
ReplyDeleteMany of the Ethiopians have gone through a giur l'chumra and are now Jews according to all opinions.
No link, HaAretz newspaper. Regarding conversion, it all depends who to whom. I'll try to scan the article and post it. BTW, I don't agree with it, and drink the wine.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but you eat treif in general, so, "ze lo funkciya".
ReplyDeleteNo Sir! I consider Barkan wine, sold in Coffix 20 shekel a bottle, perfectly Kosher.
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