The liberal approach will lead to a grave rift that has never been seen before in Jewish history

Israel Cohen, an ultra-Orthodox political commentator and presenter on Kol Barama radio, referred to the religious reform and the liberal position that advocates "accepting anyone who claims to be a Jew": "

Israel Cohen, in collaboration with Shuva Israel

15/02/2022

Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 07:30 Updated: 07:35

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Not for nothing did more than 1,000 rabbis gather a few days ago in order to say "no" to religious reforms (Photo: PR)

In the spirit of liberalism and pluralism - various groups demand to bring about dramatic changes in the existing status quo in the State of Israel and erode issues that have not been touched on to date, such as conversion, training, marriage and the Western Wall.

Without going into the halakhic issues and the question of what Judaism is and who is a Jew - it is appropriate to refer specifically to the liberal position that advocates "accepting anyone who claims to be Jewish" and by virtue of this any kosher conversion or marriage, even if they are contrary to Jewish law.

If we look at the test of the result - the embracing liberal approach, will lead to an anti-liberal result and cause a serious rift in the people of Israel, which has never been seen before in Jewish history.

Changes in conversion and marriage - will force most Israeli Jews to write genealogies and avoid marrying each other.

The suspicion and fear of connection between families - will become an integral part of our daily lives, and the bottom line: separation and distance will increase.

And all in the name of liberalism.

Not for nothing did more than 1,000 rabbis gather a few days ago, in a historic gathering that is all unity, in order to say "no" to the religious reforms that seek to bring about changes in the Jewish structure.

It is not for nothing that rabbis from all ethnic groups, ultra-Orthodox and national religious, Hasidic, Sephardic and Lithuanian, gathered to express a unanimous statement against the intention of the Minister of Religious Affairs, Matan Kahana, to bring about religious reforms.

Oren Henig - Director General of the LIBA Center - said correctly that "Minister Kahana was able to unite for the first time between the ultra-Orthodox public and its rabbis and the national religious sector and its leaders, thanks to which an extraordinary unity was registered against the reforms."

Henig, who was behind the initiative of the historic rabbinical conference, added that "unity is now needed to preserve the general unity of the people of Israel," he said, "the conversion reform could cause a dangerous and irreversible rift."

If the people of "liberalism" were men of truth, then they would abandon their struggle to bring about religious changes that would cause anti-liberal destruction and turmoil in the delicate fabric of the chosen people.

If the truth were not a candle to them - then they would invest all their energy to connect the hearts and bring them closer and not to discuss and separate.

The author is an ultra-Orthodox political commentator and presents on Kol Barama radio

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