{"id":104069,"date":"2016-08-22T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T17:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104069"},"modified":"2016-08-22T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T17:42:25","slug":"is-israel-trying-to-turn-american-jews-into-orthodox-right-wingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104069","title":{"rendered":"Is Israel Trying To Turn American Jews Into Orthodox Right-Wingers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

J.J. Goldberg writes<\/a>: As part of its promotion of Orthodox observance, Chabad Hasidism touts a traditional version of Jewish family values, including rules on modest dress for women, \u201cimpurity\u201d during menstruation and opposition to homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Less well known is Chabad\u2019s political role in Israel, where many of its rabbis and leaders are prominent in far-right, pro-settlement and anti-compromise activism. Several top Israeli Chabad leaders have become leading right-wing activists. Rabbi Yitzhak Ginzburgh, a senior Chabad educator and philosopher, has written in praise of the late Baruch Goldstein, who committed the 1994 Hebron massacre. Ginzburgh also mentored Yitzhak Shapira, co-author of the 2009 book \u201cThe King\u2019s Torah,\u201d which justified killing Palestinian babies because they might grow up to be terrorists. Another Chabad leader, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, raised money for the families of Jewish terrorists and has urged the death penalty \u2014 by a court, not vigilantes \u2014 for dovish Israeli leaders Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J.J. Goldberg writes: As part of its promotion of Orthodox observance, Chabad Hasidism touts a traditional version of Jewish family values, including rules on modest dress for women, \u201cimpurity\u201d during menstruation and opposition to homosexuality. Less well known is Chabad\u2019s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chabad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t