Ramat Gan, Israel – Dozens of Israel Postal Company employees in Ramat Gan refused to distribute thousands of copies of the New Testament to city residents. They claimed such distribution is forbidden according to the halacha laws, and might even be illegal.
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Both religious and secular postal workers were asked to hand out mail and advertisements on Monday, along with thousands of Christian booklets translated into Hebrew. The workers informed their supervisors that they refuse to distribute such materials.
Postal officials discussed the issue with Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev (Habayit Hayehudi), who in turn talked it over with Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon, who demanded to halt the distribution until the matter is legally clarified.
Well done mailman. Let these prostelyzing choleras attempt to mail these books in an islamic country.
It seems like postal workers in EY have the same work ethic as those here in the U.S. They are not being paid to “censor” the mail; they are being paid to carry it from point A to point B. If they don’t like the content, don’t read it. I’m constantly amazed at the incredible laziness and stupidity of a small segment of government employees, wherever in the world they are located.
Just for that we should merit the coming of the Moshiach! Happy Purim!!!
Who was asking them to distribute the Xian material? Was it just part of the regular mail or was it a “special delivery”? It seems to be the latter according to the article….
“Both religious and secular postal workers were asked to hand out mail and advertisements on Monday, along with thousands of Christian booklets….”
Why not say “part of the mail to be processed and delivered was Xian stuff which the religious deliverymen refused to send out”. I am not nitpicking here- it seems to be a valid question as if it was not part of their normal delivery- why would they have to? Why would government workers be allowed to send out ANY religious material that wasn’t sent the normal way?
Kol ha kavod, mailman
If you can’t deliver the mail, perhaps you shouldn’t have a job as a mail carrier.
The boundaries of what is acceptable have to change with the times in matters not strictly governed by halacha. Who would have thought someone like gadol hador, harav Yosef, shlita, would have endorsed girls reading megillah in shul in certain cases (as reported in the past hour here on VIN). We shouldn’t always assume everything stays the same
I’m typically quick to bash the Israeli public for their anti torah values. B”H. Lo alman yisroel. The pintele yid is still burning in most Jews.