He looks like them and he acts like them, if you substitute the word "halakha" for "shari`a".
The Israeli rabbinical establishment is not of this world; they live in ethereal spheres and have lost touch with reality.
Even though the Israeli Jewish population is growing, the number of Orthodox weddings last year was at a standstill. This is because many Israeli couples live out of wedlock, or make a legal agreement with a lawyer, or hace a civil wedding abroad, or have a Reform or Conservative wedding in Israel with or without a civil wedding abroad.
Little by little, the Orthodox Rabbinate is cuttng off the branch on which it stands. Eventually, I hope, Orthodox Judaism in Israel will go the way of the Samaritans and the Karaites. |
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