Ato Essandoh Quotes

The Kotel -- or the "Western Wall" or the "Wailing Wall" as most outside of Israel call it -- is the Holiest of Jewish places where many Jews gather and pray. But the Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis who were charged by the Israeli Government to manage the Wailing Wall and vicinity had refused to allow women to pray at the wall. After much litigation, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that women had a right to pray there or anywhere else. After much foot-dragging, a small out of the way area at the wall was designated for women, but many Jews wanted to pray as a family which also offended those Rabbis in control of the area, After more Supreme Court Litigation the Government was ordered to establish an area at the Wall that was open to all. The Israeli Government Ministerial Committee for Holy Places was charged with implementing the Supreme Court rulings. However, Regev--who had ambitions of running for Prime Minister, was a conservative whose political base included the Ultra-Orthodox. When they objected to the Supreme Court Ruling, she resigned from the Commission she chaired rather than implement the law of the land. Her official view on the dire consequences of women (or mixed gender) praying at the Wall brought her the support of her base and the strong opposition of most Israeli women and many men as well.

The Shas Party is an ultra-orthodox religious minor political party in Israel. Although the Israeli Supreme Court always voted to uphold the rights of the Orthodox Jews, it also protected the rights of Jews who were not orthodox and of non-Jews. This infuriated the Shas party who wanted their interpretation of traditional Jewish religious law to be imposed on all citizens of Israel. Reform Conversion is the right of a reformed Jewish Rabbi to perform a conversion to Judaism. Shas wanted only their orthodox rabbis to have that prerogative. Only a minority of Israeli citizens follow the Jewish Dietary Laws, and many Jews want to buy and eat pork. The Supreme Court upheld the right of a private store to sell pork products if it wished to, despite the distress of Shas and other fundamentalist Jews.

Saudi Arabian Newspaper. This and other absurd libels against Jews permeated a series of two articles she wrote in the newspaper. The lie that Jews use the blood of non-Jews to bake their holy bread has been a staple of anti-Semitic propaganda through the centuries. A few days thereafter, the editor of the newspaper, who had been away at the time of the publication himself published a rebuttal and repudiation. See Turki Abdullah al-Sudeiri: {593163}

Torah is the first 5 books of the Old Testament. Shammai’s school was a contemporary (and competitor) of that of Hillel. Most Rabbinic thought to this day has historically been based in the school of Hillel. Shammai was more strict and rigorous. There is no known surviving picture of Shammai. The graphic is a photograph of his tomb.

This prayer was made very frequently by Jewish Men for over 2000 years. Orthodox Judaism is a sexist religion and much of the sexism of the Christian churches followed this tradition. There are 3 forms of Judaism. The Reform Jews have never used this wording. Most Conservatives synagogues have changed part of the wording to read “who has made me in your image.” In a 15th century manuscript of the prayer the sexist line was rewritten as: “who has made me a woman and not a man”, so it seems there was at least one Jewish Feminist who took action.

The Talmud is the commentary on the Biblical Books of Moses (The Torah) by the most learned scholars and rabbis in history.

Muslims were in the majority and there was a sizable Jewish Community in Libya. Ironically, the objection to religious law having any jurisdiction has usually been that civil rights were denied. However, the same was true (in different ways) with Fascist law.

There are 3 branches of Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. The state of Israel however only recognizes the Orthodox and Orthodox Rabbis. Muslim or Christian couples can be married by an Imam, Minister or Priest of their choosing. Reform and Conservative Jewish Israeli’s cannot marry in Israel unless they choose and Orthodox Rabbi and have an Orthodox wedding ceremony. So they often go to Cypress, an Eastern Orthodox Christian country which allows any ordained rabbi to perform weddings unlike in Israel. This anomaly dates back to the inception of Israel as a recognized state, under attack by many Arab armies. The orthodox Jews in Israel would not support the fledgling state unless they would be given civil control over family and religious matters. The majority of Israelis are not orthodox and oppose the monopoly given to the Orthodox. However, politically the Orthodox have enough seats on the Knesset (Parliament) so that they can usually make the difference in the polarized Israeli politics of which coalition will be in power. Therefor the status quo remains.

Hadadi are the Ultra Orthodox Jews of Israel and Rauchberger. At the time the Reform Jewish Movement, the most popular branch of Judiasm in America, was not regognized in Israel where only Orthoxox Jewry is officially recognized by the Conservative government. In this case, the Israeli Jewish Refom Movement had taken the Jeruselem to Court for violating the Israeil Constitution. 9 of the public libraries in Jeruselem were segregated by gender in different hours. That meant that a mother could not take her son to one of these public school libraries and teach him to select books or particiapate in library activities or services. The Haradi did not believe in separation of church and state and in this telling quotation, the Rabbo insists that the people will do as their rabbis instruct regardless of the laws or the Constitution.