Shocked By Rise of Jewish Extremism in Israel, Maverick Rabbi Denounces Discriminatory Laws

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<p>‘Rabbis from a liberal stream of J aism iss e this mo th a bla ket isavowal of religio s r li gs that iscrimi ate agai st o -Jews. The rep iatio comes i respo se to racist r li gs by state-f e Israeli clerics a terror attacks by their followers. I early May, the Rabbi ical Assembly’s Committee o Jewish Law a Sta ar s, the theological a j icatio bo y of Co servative Jews, vote a imo sly to accept the 28-page a ti-racist “tsh vah”, or religio s respo s m, of America -IsraeliRabbi Re ve Hammer.</p>
<p>At his home i Jer salem, Hammer tol AlterNet that he felt compelle to write the respo s m beca se i rece t years, ma y lea i g Israeli rabbis – i cl i g chief rabbis whose salaries are pai by Israeli taxpayers – have iss e religio s e icts calli g po their co stit e ts to actively iscrimi ate agai st o -Jews. Hammer says that he was partic larly bothere by h re s of local chief rabbisforbi i g Jews from re ti g flats to o -Jews a by Israeli Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosefforbi i g o -Jews from livi g i Israel at all.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/belief/shocke -rise-jewish-extremism-israel-maverick-rabbi- e o ces- iscrimi atory-laws" target="_bla k">Rea more: Shocke By Rise of Jewish Extremism i Israel, Maverick Rabbi De o ces Discrimi atory Laws</a></p>