Word: rabbis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What made this latest twist so extraordinary is that the defection was manufactured by Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, 88, who heads the ultra-Orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement from his home in Brooklyn, N.Y., and has never been to Israel. On Sunday, Agudat Deputy Avraham Verdiger phoned the spiritual leader's office for political guidance. The rabbi's spokesmen implied that this was the first contact between Jerusalem and Brooklyn. Others familiar with Schneerson's modus operandi say that a message had already been transmitted from Brooklyn making plain the rabbi's desire to derail Peres...
Either way, once Verdiger and fellow Deputy Eliezer Mizrahi learned that Schneerson continued to oppose any territorial concessions, a position favored by Labor and opposed by Likud, they backed away from their support of Peres. "It's a disgrace; it's completely disgusting," said Rabbi Allan Nadler of Montreal, who has written extensively about the Lubavitchers. "Rabbis of all the branches have been calling to express their outrage...
...Take two scum of the earth," he said."Reverend [Louis] Farrakhan and Rabbi [Meir]Kahane. Both have the right to speak. If Farrakhancame he'd be allowed to speak; if Kahane camethey'd break up the meeting," said Koch, referringrespectively to the Muslim nationalist accused ofanti-semitism and the Israeli Knesset member whohas taken strong anti-Palestinian positions...
Several undergraduates and a Harvard Hillel rabbi have formed a new student group to focus on how feminist positions and Jewish beliefs interact...
...organization, called "For Ourselves," attracted more than 20 people to its first meeting Sunday night at the Hillel building, said Rabbi Sally R. Finestone, the group's advisor...