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The incoming chairman of the agency delivered an embracing speech to the reform movement - and caused a stir | Israel Today

2022-06-19T05:58:55.351Z


Doron Almog addressed the Reform Conference in Shefayim, saying that "this is the first place I wanted to speak after my election". He chose a split "


A storm began:

Less than 48 hours passed between the announcement of Doron Almog's appointment as chairman of the Jewish Agency and the first public storm in which he became entangled, centered on sensitive relations between the various streams in Israel and the Jewish world. "This is the first place I chose to be after my election,"

Almog



told those present. its.

"Our eldest daughter, Nitzan, today Dr. Nitzan Almog is 43. When she was 12, she came to the mitzvah, she said she was going up to the Torah.

We did not know too much about the community and Reform synagogues, but she found, and ascended to the Torah, and there was great joy.

We have a picture of our daughter Nitzan with the tallit at the moment of the haftarah hanging in our house. "

MK Moshe Arbel, Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman, Danny Shem Tov



Prior to his speech, Almog spoke with the leaders of the Reform movement in Israel and around the world, and reiterated his commitment to the people of Israel.

He received from the leadership of the movement the reform arrangement "Prayer of Man" and said that the phrase has a deep meaning for him.

"'Prayer of man' is the oath that a person swears to himself in the deepest places. I swore two such: one near the tank of my late brother Eran in the Yom Kippur War - never to leave a soldier behind, and the other, which we asked hundreds of paratroopers near Hannah Szenes' grave, for "The weakest - always remain human."



Almog's remarks at the Reform Movement's conference, his first public appearance since being elected, provoked outrage among politicians and public figures on the Orthodox side. Said MK Moshe Arbel.

"Unfortunately instead of being a state and unifying factor he opted for a split."



Libya's director general, Oren Henig, attacked: "Yesterday it became clear that the appointment of the chairman of the Jewish Agency, Doron Almog, was also intended to please the Reform minority and force a traditional anti-distortion on the entire nation.

Almog revealed at the Reform Conference that he and his family belong to the Reform community, "he claimed." The government led by kippah wearer Naftali Bennett continues to shatter the Jewish character and hurt the feelings of most of the Jewish people.

It is a shame that a religious person such as Nir Orbach still serves as a supporter of a coalition whose whole essence is - the destruction of the Jewish religion and the erosion of character. "

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Source: israelhayom

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