So Now American Zionists Want to Boycott Israel

Alan, having been raised Orthodox, you should know that it is not merely "ultra"-Orthodox Jews who oppose mixed worship at the Kotel Plaza; Orthodox Judaism for millennia has required the separation of sexes during worship, based on practices at the Holy Temple itself. And by and large, secular Israelis do not think it important to institute mixed worship there, either, seeing it (accurately) as a Diaspora phenomenon that was instituted to mimic the way Christians worship.

The wall has never been a place for mixed worship; even when the Arabs, and later the British, prohibited a barrier, men and women grouped separately for prayer. And there is already an area set aside at a separate part of the Kotel for mixed worship, which goes unused most days of the year. This is strictly a political stunt by a small group of activists paid by the Reform movement, whose leader, Anat Hoffman, has proposed abolishing ALL Orthodox worship at the Kotel, being pushsed by Leftists who care nothing about worship but are looking for wedge issues to separate American Jews from supporting Israel.

Thank you Alan for your informative article, a disturbing situation which you have laid bare.

It is sad to see that the Jews are playing into the same trap that the Muslims are experiencing, CREATING A FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES TO OBTAIN POWER. A sad and selfish reason which should be brought to its knees rapidly. Religion, toe holding anything within the political running of the state is a no go recipe for disaster.

At no time should one hear of any self respecting Jew voicing any negatives against Israel. It should be considered a slight against G.d to utter or undertake any negative actions. Suggesting to people that they not fund medical or stop support is the equivalent of stabbing yourself in the foot.

The Jewish people have since time itself been used as a weapon for unscrupulous people to gain power over others. Any highly religious person (Rabbi) who spends so much time in prayer, should be blessed with common sense that if you destroy Israel where will you practice, stand, live ???? The mantra held by ALL JEWS needs to be one sticks together.

It seems to me that we have all forgotten the importance of Israel and Jewish history to our being able to hold our heads high as Jews anywhere in the world. It is inevitable that we should squabble amongst ourselves. But let us do it as a united family, proud of its heritage and proud of its country.

Only with the strength of a united family will we continue to defeat our enemies (and there are enough of them), and grow to fulfill our mission as a light unto the nations.

It is not only the "ultra-orthodox" who are against giving a place to reform and conservative movements to pray at the wall it is also the "modern orthodox" Who are against it. Comparing populations there are approx. 20,000 Jews affiliated with the conservative and reform movements in Israel, compare that with the 2,000,000 Jews affiliated with the orthodox movement. That is 1%. What would you call it when 1% tries to control the other 99%. I call it coercion. If they want to influence events a million conservative and reform Jews should come on aliya.

American Zionist Jews, most of whom are Conservative or Reform, should not carry out BDS on Israel. They should donate to the Reform and Conservative Congregations and institutions not associated with State coercive Orthodoxy. They should withhold funds from any institution associated with State Orthodoxy, including the corrupt Israeli Chief Rabbinate and its subsidiaries, as well as ultra-Orthodox political parties that are part of the Israeli Government Coalition. The Israeli Conservative and Reform Movements are fighting a legitimate battle to gain recognition in Israel. They are in desperate need of funds. Boycotting Israel is not justified. BDS on blackmailing State Orthodoxy is a "mitzvah". These Orthodox Rabbinical Institutions are aligned with the ultra-Orthodox political parties in the coalition and this power needs to be curtailed. Separation of Orthodox Synagogue and State can only be achieved by selective BDS directed against them and them alone.

"As a post-denominational Jew, I want to see a part of the Western Wall opened to conservative and reform prayer" this is already the case and surprise, surprise it is empty pretty much all of the time. Reform and Conservatives temples are empty and membership is dwindling. If this is the case then for whom exactly dare I wonder, are these institutions currently obsessing about freeing up the whole kotel plaza for their form of worship and their new religion called Egalitarianism?

Perhaps these dissenters of Netanyahu's government will be forced to take a second hard look at their decision to ........boycott, when they consider the risks to their miserable selves that might result. El Al is without question the safest airline in the world on which to travel. While United and Delta are perfectly good and safe airlines, El Al is unquestionably the safer for Israeli passengers. Threatening to end financial support for Israeli hospitals, particularly at this time of heightened terrorism, is simply blackmail of the worst sort. Sensible people would agree that the deal Netanyahu made with the ultra Orthodox minority to save his government was fraught with problems. Religious representatives in government, especially of the ultra conservative stripe, do not auger well for any government. Still, the better approach to dealing with this unpalatable issue is NOT to betray Israel and its people at a time when it daily confronts attacks from those determined to destroy it.

"I strongly disagree both with the Israeli government's capitulation to the minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews" -- I think Mr. Dershowitz is developing a "false" argument here. The vast majority of Jews in Israel are satisfied with the status quo as are the vast majority of Jews everywhere. It is a loud and vocal minority of Reform and Conservative Jews who are making all the noise on this issue. And, when push comes to shove, how many Reform and Conservative Jews use the currently available prayer area for mixed men and women prayer? Hardly any. If Reform and Conservative Jews are passionate about this issue, why not visit Israel by the tens of thousands and fill the current mixed prayer site? The answer they don't is because they don't really care about praying there; they only care about influencing and changing the status quo.

Traditionally, all Jews from the time of the Torah and the time of the Temple, agreed that men and women pray separately. It is the minority of activist Reform and Conservative Jews today, sitting happily in their living rooms in America who are the ones that think that they should decide how people who live or visit Israel should pray. That is the definition of chutzpah, Mr. Dershowitz.

Thank you, Mr. Dershowitz - excellent article!

Dershowitz is a "post-denominational Jew"? What is that? Might we remind the counselor that the Jewish people are "the people of the Torah." It is the Torah that not only defines us, but is our very life; and, on a mystical but still very real level: the life of all existence. Think about that for a moment. Would Israel have succeeded in the 48,56,67,73 wars without Torah? Do you think the Rebbe's tefillin campaign in the weeks before June 67 was inconsequential? Have you read the stories where Arabs coming to attack Israel were scared away by an image of Avraham Avinu?
Regardless of your personal spiritual perspective, and that of any secular or "Reform/Conservative" or AIPAC Jews, the truth is simply the truth. The Torah and therefore those who keep and uphold it are the life of Israel.

Ah, perhaps the author refers to "post-denominational" to mean that we are all Jews and Jews are people who keep the Torah? Maybe not in his mind, but that is what it really means. A Jew is someone who not only has a Jewish mother, but who does his or her best to keep the Torah.
This doesn't mean Israel must be a "theocracy" but it should mean that it's not a totally secular government either. I don't think celebrating homosexuality in Jerusalem or anywhere in the Holy Land helps us at all in Heaven--and that does have an impact down here on earth.
Sadly, the author seems unaware of the anti-Israel, anti-Torah agenda of "Women of the Wall" and others trying to change the status quo at the wall and conversions. Are there issues and problems with the Orthodox in Israel? Yes. Does that mean we marginalize them? No way.

There must be a way found to live together, but trying to destroy the ancient, eternal traditions of our people will not work. Secularism never has, either politically or practically. In fact, it leads to greater problems both within and without. One only has to look at Russia over the past 150 years and the tremendous struggle Chabad Hassidim went through to save and preserve the Jewish people there while some secular Jews worked with the Russians to stop the perpetuation of Jewish religious life.

Sorry, Mr. Dershowitz, we can't count on you to tell us how to preserve Jewish life in Israel. Unless of course, you would like to put on tefillin today? We'd love to help you!

Mr. Dershowitz, I agree with you 1000 %. Israel needs all the friends it can get - Jews and Christians have to stand with Israel against an implacable, ruthless enemy....the Muslim barbarians. Jews are facing these savages up close and for American Jews to promote Jew hatred is breathtakingly dangerous. We all need to stick together.

The origin of the Conservative and Reform movements is hatred of Judaism (orthodox). They want(ed) to change Judaism to a more convenient form, closer to their secular ideals. The destruction of orthodox Judaism is their main goal. They would prefer a Palestinian state to a thriving Israel. They would lack the Jewish pride to defend and maintain a strong Israel. They are the internal enemy of Israel and the Jews.

A modest proposal: American Reform Jews should make Aliya and vote in the next elections. As few as 300000 new Reform Israelis would swing the Knesset enough to create a new reality in Israel -- Kotel problem solved, a lot of other problems solved. How about it, my friends?

It's a sad sign that some of US Jewry prefer to see a bloodbath in Israel or even the elimination of the state of Israel only because Israel does not correspond to their misguided narrative, by donating they seem to thing they are in charge of Israel's destiny. If that is the case give to Birobidjan another Jewish state created by Stalin in a socialist system. Not so long ago Jews were slaughtered industrial style, was that not enough? Now with socialism pervading the US and anti Jewish preaching in Universities, I would suggest to the would-be Judas goats gloss over past histories before you command Israel Government to act in accordance to your wishes.

In my somewhat-informed-opinion "the Dersh" is once again right on the money! I only wish I could express my thoughts with one-tenth his eloquence.

What is to be done about the ultra-Orthodox? Their influence is disproportionate but, more importantly, their hard-line deviation from mainstream Jewish thinking and practice is becoming more and more pronounced, year on year. The long term solution is to steadily but determinedly push and push harder for separation, supported by the Diaspora all over the world. The 'religious' are a necessary but non-essential part of the Israeli people they should be encouraged to do what Jews have done for centuries - to integrate, become a part of modern Israel and their influence should be marginalised for the greater good.

I am not an expert on the Jewish religious parties. But trying to find religion that has not been compromised by political alignments to achieve moral goals in a constantly shifting amoral or immoral world is harder to imagine today than when I was a young man.

Some Orthodoxy supported Rand Paul, a man who would have reduced support of Israel. This was pitched in the USA as a mainstream Israeli endorsement. Instead of religious extremists who do not believe the State of Israel should yet exist.

Marginal Christians in the USA even up to the Pope is challenged by some Protestant fundamentalists as barely Christian at all. Can you imagine the rankle if my Congressman openly declared in Congress the Pope wasn't really a Christian?

Israelis do have some identity conflicts on what it means to be Jewish. To be Jewish does one have to believe in the Torah, a God, or simply be born to Jewish parents in Israel or any point in the diaspora? Does Aliya cover it? Can you even be a Zionist and live in the Diaspora?

My point being: if being Jewish means one can believe anything then it doesn't matter if you believe anything and then being Jewish is simply an accident of birth. Do people want their identity reduced to a mere accident of birth?

I believe some liberal Zionist Jews would love to be Jewish if they did not have to be Jewish or do "Jewish" things. It is disturbing because it raises the uncomfortable question of religious commitment, what if the Nazis had not predetermined Jewish identity by race but by confession? Would forced "conversion" have happened as it did when Armenians were being slaughtered and annihilated by the Ottoman Turks?

This is further made strange by the notion of Zionism.

Can a Christian be a better Zionist than a Jewish American who holds Jewish tradition in contempt?

It is a fair question even if one might not like it on principle.

Maybe keeping the Kotel as is keeps some cans of worms from being opened some people might not want to open or are not truly prepared for cleaning up Pandora's mess?

What of the value of tolerance? If tolerance of criticism and ridicule were a standard for declaring a faith religion how would all fair?

Through my Jewish growth process I have been everywhere from a secular to reform to conservative to Orthodox, with even a stint with Christians. All that learning brought me on aliyah to Israel, and in all my various incarnations, I've never felt the Kotel should be any different than it is. The Temple Mount and Kotel are the high priority sites for remaining traditional. Torah is clear that men are the priests and it is men who conducted rituals in the Temple. I have no problem with this and also prefer no services in the women's section, finding it a place to commune quietly with G-d. Dershowitz and others are only representative of Ashkenazim, who want to separate and label every level of the Jewish life, rather than be like the Sephardim, who are one big family who allow each member to be where they are in their observance without labelling, condemning and judging. On a different issue, when did marriage become a secular issue? It is defined in the Torah and not to be changed into a travesty made up by two men, two women or the gender of the month group. Please, understand - It is precisely this issue which causes me to support the Ultra-Orthodox in the coalition and their restrictions on marriage. Anyone who doesn't like this can go to Cyprus to get married, or Europe or the US or anywhere in the world. Then when they come back to Israel they can register the marriage- with exceptions of such as gay marriage, of course . The Rabbinate in Israel has nothing to say about marriage and conversion outside of Israel The govt recognizes all types of conversions, including those done by Reform rabbis etc., when one makes aliyah. So why do those in diaspora get so bent out of shape for the limited influence of the Rabbinate in Israel?

Mostly I agree with the article. However, he makes a grave mistake in thinking that marriage, divorce and child custody are secular matters. This is the JEWISH State, not America. We can all live here as Jews only if these matters are what they are: religious matters governed by the Torah and Talmud. Without basics, the Jewish State would be decimated.

An Iranian style theocracy is the last thing Israel needs. A clear separation of religion and state is a prerequisite for a true and healthy democracy.
Insightful words from Mr. Dershowitz.

Respectable article and to the point as one would expect from Alan...

But here some additional considerations on the article.

1- on separation between State (government) and religion....

Since the revolutionary period of late 18th century in continental Europe the separation between State (government) and religion was made under the assumption that the government affairs should be protected and defended against the power of the Catholic Church ...

In mid 17th and earlier 18th centuries in England, a series of political revolutions and counter-revolutions set that separation in a different path, where it was the idea itself of religious freedom that should be protected and defended from the power of the government- the Anglican Church of England headed by the monarch....Which, through out the exodus of several religious sects to the American colonies, later on would be one the main bedrocks of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the USA.

In modern Israel, the "model" to be followed was first set by the Ottoman Sultanate, basically being kept by the British rule during the Mandate of Palestine, in which some religious affairs, as rule by religious courts - rabbinical, Shariah and ecclesiastical courts...- were incorporate into Israel's legal system and recognized by the civil authorities as long as there is no conflict with the set of Basic Laws - Israel does not have a formal constitution like in the USA...- that govern the country. And in case of a conflicting situation, the matter is decided by the Israel's Supreme Court, as long as there was not a law on the subject voted by the Knesset...

And I perfectly understand the uneasiness and fear exposed in the comments here on the "danger" of Israel becoming a "theocracy ", a religious dictatorship ruled by Ultra-Orthodox,etc...which for myself it is an arrogant and disrespectful thinking in the sense that , again and again, a foreigner "point of view" is transplanted into a different cultural, political and social background of another country regardless the realities of that country...a "little" hubris here would be greatly appreciated...

But otherwise I advise some cautious in trying to understand what's going on there....

The existence of a basically secular state that has secured and defended among other civil rights the right of FREEDOM OF RELIGION is NOT what we're arguing here...It is an exclusively Jewish matter that it is a focus of a passionate debate. The Law of Return and its current consequences...

2- there's ALREADY a part of the wall opened to conservative and reform prayer. And the original agreement was that the area would be managed by an entity composed by orthodox, reform and coservative. Now the Israeli government back tracked and the original "status quo" remains - ultra orthodox managing that area...by the way ....
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/232302

"withholding donations to Israeli hospitals, so that 'They start running out of money' and 'begin to falter.'" I hope he will reconsider the effects of that statement. Children and adults might die in that scenario or at least have treatment delayed. I cannot think of a more inhumane idea. Perhaps he would also wish the IDF should become less efficient in countering jihadis. He might also remember that Israeli hospitals often treat 'palestinian' patients for conditions that hospitals in Gaza and elsewhere cannot deal with.

I agree. It would be a victory for enemies of the Jews and Israel to boycott Israel. And I believe a cowardly move.

This is news to me about American Jews boycotting anything that could affect the NATION of Israel. Thank you, Mr Dershowitz for, once again, shedding necessary light on a troubling situation.

I am a Christian who has been studying over the last three years Torah online. Why? The answer to that, is, why not?!?

Christians everywhere wouldn't even be monotheistic if it weren't for the Semitic Israelites faithful G-d. The study has been an absolute joy and increased understanding of the G-d we, the Goyim, claim to trust, obey, and serve. All this is just superfluous if Jews are turning against their G-d, and thusly, themselves.

I won't even begin to claim to know anything about the politics of Israel. I do want to understand their democratic constitutional due process but for Israel's sake, not my own edification. We are commanded by the same G-d of the Tanakh to always pray for shalom to be over Jerusalem and Israel. I realize that that is a separate issue from the "state" in a sound democracy, because it is a "religious command", not a secular concern. What I do believe is that when the Jews ANYWHERE turn on their own people or NATION, what can I do to help?

Mr. Dershowitz, I had heard through a shabbat parasha that comes to me online, faithfully, so that I can worship and follow the Saturday readings, that Orthodox and Ultra Orthodox Jews were attacking the Messianic communities in Israel. There have been violent physical attacks as well as prohibitions against Messianic Jews being allowed to pray or perhaps even visit very sacred places. Very sad and disturbing news indeed.

How can we help? I don't presume for one minute to even be welcome asking that question after the total betrayal of our UN abstention from vetoing that horrible Resolution that passed in 2016!

Shalom, Mr. Dershowitz! Shalom, to G-d's chosen people everywhere, and may the absence of war also be over the NATION of Israel! And, from my heart to all Jews everywhere, please don't allow the forces of hate to make you unfruitful for your beautiful nation that needs to be the beacon that it has been for so many people. Whether you are Ultra Orthodox, Orthodox, Messianic, or Post denominational, people, believing in the awesome G-d who loves YOU, are being slaughtered every day for following the G-d whose NAME LIVES in Jerusalem! We, perhaps more than you, need Israel to exist, to shine on, and continue to be one of the only Democracies of heroic proportions!

G-d bless you all, and G-d bless Israel! Yeshua spoke about loving our enemies. That is NOT a "doormat" proposition, it is an avenue for discussion and peaceful resolution of conflict.

Many years ago, I spent what turned out to be one of the most unforgettable three-month periods of my life as an ulpan member on a non-religious kibbutz in northern Israel. I did that even though I am not Jewish. I was then, and still am, a conservative Catholic.

I was the only non-Jew on the kibbutz, and because of my experience of living and working and studying there, and because of all the remarkable people I met on the kibbutz, I became a stronger supporter of Israel than many American Jews seem to be.

So I believe Alan Dershowitz is right. Wherever you stand on the question of the state and religion in Israel, "The answer is not disengagement, but rather greater engagement."

These people in question don't live in Israel and have no right to tell Israelis what to do and what not to do unless they go over there and serve in the IDF. My old Maple Lake Camp counselor, Avi D. is right on as usual.

As the Jewish lecturer said, "Anti-Semites are wrong to say that Jews act together when we always disagree with one another." Jewish heckler: "I disagree."

Problem 1: the claim to the land of Israel (rather than Kenya or Argentina or New York) depends on religious documents like the Tanakh.

Problem 2: how DO you "define" a Jew? Like Avraham Burg or --- Gilad Atzmon!

So interesting! Lawyers to define what is Jewish religion and what is not Jewish religion. Do Lawyers ever have a say about Catholic, Islamic religious laws? Reform and Conservative chose what rules they like and what rules they don't. In effect created two Protestant religions that are out of Jewish religion. No amount of lawyering will change the fact that the original separation was by those two new religions called Reform and Conservative. I am a proud atheist Jew who cares about my nation, the Jews. Those two ain't! Many support BDS because they care so much about "the poor Palestinians" suffering who stab and maim Israeli's and get income for their families if jailed or killed in the process. Nice try Dershowitz, a major supporter of anti-Semite Barack Hussein and Hillary.

These issues on the wall are minor issues compared to Israel's survival and American "zionists" are fake zionists if the boycott Israel over any issue as they do systematically. These people are not zionists not even jews and real zionists should not even take them into account.

This was an absolutely EXCELLENT article by the brilliant Dershowitz and really explains the conundrum in language even those of us who don't live in Israel can fully understand and appreciate! He makes the wisest of recommendations, but he's also filled with hope that, in time, commonsense (and the majority of citizens in a democracy!) will prevail, and the rabbis will return to their temples and leave the ugly business of politics to others! Besides, since the ultra-Orthodox are in the minority, there is still a chance for commonsense and reason to prevail - please, God!!

Even Ben-Gurion capitulated to Agudat Israel, the ultra-orthodox political party, because Israel's political system, in which no party ever gets an overall majority, means that deals have to be done with minority parties that are unrepresentative of the electorate. That is the trouble with proportional representation which so many voters who have never experienced it seem to advocate. PR is a very democratic voting process that results in a very undemocratic government and one that in many countries is also unstable, look at Belgium and Italy. And look at what has happened in the UK, because the Conservatives have no majority, we shall be effectively governed by Northern Irish Protestant fanatics, the UK's version of Agudat Israel!

Professor Alan Dershowitz expresses very well my own feelings on the separation of religion from everyday life in Israel. I have just returned from a month in Israel where I talked to a wide range of people, all non Ultra Orthodox. The majority of Israelis want to curtail the Ultra orthodox hold on Israeli life. And with time they will succeed, but not yet. It takes time in a Democracy to make a change of that magnitude. And especially for a people that depended on following religious laws to survive over such a long history. In addition what is significant is the lack of rationality on the part of American Jews who are so critical of the recent Israeli government political decision. In my opinion it also arise because of their existing unreasonable anger at the Israelis for not giving away the territories, because of their inability to grasp the serious security threat that Israel is facing from the Palestinians, both in Gaza and the territories. Their anger is at the same level of irrationality that the Ultra orthodox in Israel are using their political leverage. Both are unacceptable and damaging to the Jewish people wherever they are.

Alan Dershowitz is awesome and spot-on! I definitely agree with his approach!

For many American liberal Jews America is the land of the Jews and not Israel! That may be why they supported the intervention of Obama in his attempt to remove BiBi from his premiership. Isn't the control of religious affairs by the ultraorthodox the result of a "British loophole" used by the successive IL gvts?

Anyone who engages in undermining or boycotting Israel's economy because of their personal political/religious ideology is not a Zionist. Such a person might as well be an Islamofascist or one of those U.S. Christian twits who want to "perfect" Jews by converting them to Christians.

More proof of the truth of what my pro-Israel Christian friend used to say in the face of patent stupidity: "There are more horses asses in the world than there are horses."

As if PM Netanyahu doesn't have enough problems to deal with...

Thank God and the Jewish People for Alan Dershowitz! He is one American Zionist and Jew and intellectual whose attempt to provide balance as well as wise and constructive approaches to Israel and contemporary problems of whom one can be justifiably proud and warrants the support of all of us.
Let us know how and where we can offer him our support and help! Bravo!!!
A voice of sanity in circumstances that cry out for wisdom and balance and constructive actions. Thank you Gatestone Institute for carrying his statement.

Who the hell are American Jews to tell the Israelis who may or may not visit the Kotel? The truth is that the only reason any Jew can pray at the Western Wall today is that the Israelis liberated it in 1967 when the IDF expelled the occupying Jordanians from Jerusalem by force of arms. Since Israeli, not American, blood paid for access to the Wall, the Israelis have the sole right to set the conditions governing who can or cannot visit the Kotel. Admittedly, some proportion of American Jewry may have given money and moral support to israel in '67, but they are for the most part long gone. Today, mainstream American Jewry is involved in virtually every cause save the State of Israel (i.e., protecting whales, preventing global warming, facilitating the entry of unvetted Syrian Refugees, providing political support for anti-Israeli Jewish organizations like J Street and JVP, etc. ). In sum, American Jews are for the most part in pathological denial about their place in the world and the extent/severity of the dangers faced by the State of Israel. If American Jews want to have a voice in Israeli policies, let them make aliyah, become Israeli citizens and take on the obligations associated with that citizenship. Otherwise they should just shut up!

Only the democratically elected government of Israel, through its parliamentary form of government, its judiciary, and its duly constituted institutions, is, appropriately, permitted and by right should alone be permitted, to decide who, by religious "conversion" of whatever type, may automatically become a citizen of its country. Those Jews in the United States who oppose its policies on the basis of their own agendas are free to emigrate, to obtain joint citizenship, and to vote for a different parliament ("Knesset") and a different Prime Minister. Until they do, they must realize that their opinions are not helpful, to say the least. They should simply shut up.

I agree with Mr. Dershowitz. And if liberal American Jews really want to end religion coercion by the anti-Zionist Haredim (ultra-Orthodox), they should move to Israel and engage in the political process there. They shouldn't blackmail from across the ocean. I find that Modern Orthodox Jews are usually pro-Zionist, but reluctant to fight the Haredim, perhaps because they respect the perceived piety, Talmudic learning, and Jewish authenticity of the latter. They must be convinced that the success or failure of the Zionist state (and Judaism in Israel) depends on breaking Haredi control of the Rabbinate. The Jewish state, if not the Haredim, for example, has an interest in normalizing the Jewish status of a half million former Soviets living in Israel.

I totally support Alan's report and views with a very loud AMEN. A very clear and well penned statement. That this whole affair has even occurred is a tremendous victory for Israel's enemies across the board. This nation cannot afford these mistakes. Its a disgrace that Israel is now discriminating against all who are of the seed of Abraham on "religious" grounds and authorities. Scripture is very clear as to what time in history this is. Adonai is ingathering His people from the four corners of the earth. Yes, there is a huge sorting out of religious beliefs coming but it will be Ha Shem who will do the judging NOT the appointed Rabbinate in Israel. They are interfering in the work of Ha Shem because of their bias.
Wake up Israel and do it quickly or pay another terrible price for your foolishness. Thank you Alan for your work.