Jerusalem – Israeli Minister Likens Jewish Intermarriage To ‘Holocaust’

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    Newly appointed Education minister MK Rafi Peretz speaks during exchange ceremony of ministers, held at the Ministry of Education in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Jerusalem – Israel’s new education minister has likened intermarriage among North American Jews to the Holocaust in a recent Cabinet meeting.

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    A spokesman for Education Minister Rafi Peretz confirmed Tuesday that Peretz said that “assimilation is like the Holocaust” in a July 1 session.

    Peretz is leader of a religious nationalist political party and former chief rabbi of the Israeli military.

    Much of the American Jewish community abides by more liberal streams of Judaism, whereas Orthodoxy prevails among Israeli Jews.

    Relations between North American Jews and the Israeli government have been strained in recent years after plans for a mixed-gender prayer area at the Western Wall were scrapped in 2017, and over differing opinions about President Donald Trump.


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    commonsense99
    commonsense99
    4 years ago

    99 % of North American non frum jews don’t care about the mixed gender at the kosel

    Frumsanity
    Frumsanity
    4 years ago

    One is spiritual the other is physical…. both are tragic and of epic proportions. The only Jews holding strong are the orthodox as the reform and conservative fall away.
    Sad… Moshiach is needed asap bkarov

    4 years ago

    This dumb Israeli should be concerned about Israeli Jewish women marrying Arab men; once that occurs, they are virtual prisoners in Arab communities, and are mistreated; therefore, he should clean up his own backyard first, and not stick his nose where it doesn’t belong.

    Mark Levin
    Mark Levin
    4 years ago

    I guess all the ruchnios is going well in DibLand so he could talk about North America.

    BTW, he’s very very correct!

    HeshyEmes
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    HeshyEmes
    4 years ago

    According to most Poskim; intermarriage does not lead to a single loss of a Jew. As Judaism follows Matrilineal lineage; then no matter how many goyim marry Jewish girls; nor how many Jewish boys marry shiksas. True, they may not know that their Jewish; not a single yiddishe neshama will be lost.

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    4 years ago

    So let me get this straight. It is OK to compare marrying someone to the Holocaust, but it is wrong to compare prison camps to the Holocaust. Is that how it goes?