Haredi party faces backlash after video likening non-Orthodox converts to dogs
United Torah Judaism releases campaign video showing dogs wearing skullcaps and prayer shawls, with a narrator telling the audience, in the High Court of Justice, this is a Jew ; video released in response to High Court ruling on conversion
Kobi Nachshoni |
Published: 03.03.21 , 15:29
An Ultra-Orthodox party has stirred controversy on social media after publishing an election campaign video on Tuesday night that compared Reform and Conservative converts to Judaism to dogs.
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) released the video as a response to a High Court of Justice ruling that recognizes those who have converted to Judaism through Reform or Conservative conversions in Israel as Jewish by the state and would allow them to acquire Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return.
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai announces new party - The Israelis
Teaming up with Justice Minister Nissenkorn, Huldai says party will work to safeguard democracy, promote social reforms, care for small businesses, women and minority rights, oppose religious coercion and West Bank annexation
Moran Azulay |
Published: 12.29.20 , 21:50
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai announced on Tuesday he will run in the upcoming elections as the leader of a new party called The Israelis.
Speaking at a press conference, Hudai said, we have become accustomed to divisiveness and lying. We have become accustomed to an insane government, unable to govern anything. The worst thing you can do is get used to it, lay down your head and sink into despair.