Category Archives: Israel

Absentee Voting Would Grant the World’s Jews Priority Over Israel’s non-Jewish Citizens

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Luke Ford

Haaretz: Once again Knesset members are trying to promote a bill that would allow Israelis to vote in elections here even when they are overseas. On its face, especially in an era in which technology enables one “to be” in … Continue reading →

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The Gay Arab Prostitute In Israel

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Luke Ford

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Genetic citizenship: DNA testing and the Israeli Law of Return

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Luke Ford

ESSAY: The Israeli State recently announced that it may begin to use genetic tests to determine whether potential immigrants are Jewish or not. This development would demand a rethinking of Israeli law on the issue of the definition of Jewishness. … Continue reading →

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IDF’s chief rabbi-to-be permits raping women in wartime

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Luke Ford

YNET: Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim, who was announced on Monday as the IDF’s intended new chief rabbi, has provoked controversy with previous misogynistic statements, such as opposing female conscription and implying that rape was permissible in times of war. The … Continue reading →

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“Blacks are Cursed”—Top Israeli Rabbi

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Luke Ford

New Observer: One of Israel’s most senior rabbis who sits on that country’s supreme rabbinical policy-making council has announced that Africans are “cursed” because they have black skin. Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein sits on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (the “Council of … Continue reading →

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