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Ministry of Education rejects demand to remove "Jews are coming" content

First publication: The Minister of Education rejects the demand of the director general of the National Union to remove videos of the satirical series "Jews are coming" from the Ministry of Education website. Ministry of Education: "Satire is an educational tool that provokes thinking and criticism. The videos on the site do not harm or degrade the Bible. Meanwhile, the creators of the series are responding to the protest

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The Minister of Education, Yoav Galant, rejects the demand of the director general of the National Union, Yehuda Wald, to immediately remove the contents of the satirical series "The Jews Are Coming" from the Ministry of Education's website. "Satire is an educational tool that evokes thinking and criticism. The videos that appear on the website do not harm or degrade the Bible, "the Ministry of Education responded.

Earlier this month, the director general of the National Union appealed to the Minister of Education to immediately remove videos from the satirical series "The Jews Are Coming" here 11 from the Bible website in the State Ministry of Education. Among other things, he wrote to the Minister of Education: "Unfortunately, this is a provocative series that blatantly and consistently demeans Judaism, Torah Yisrael and the tradition of Israel (...) It is inconceivable that the children of Israel would encounter this holy book through a series full of filth and slime (...) Thank you If it is instructed to remove these study contents immediately. "

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In the reply letter sent yesterday (Tuesday) from the Ministry of Education to the Director General of the National Union, which reached Walla! Tarbut, the Minister rejected his request to remove the content. The chairman of the pedagogical secretariat of the Ministry of Education, Miri Schlissl, wrote: "Satire is a stimulating educational tool To think and critique and connect to the world of students. These principles are reflected in a state Bible site, according to the introduction to the Bible curriculum: In the Bible, and the dilemmas related to the life of the individual and society in Israel today. From this concept, a number of quality videos were selected, which allow a student in public education to show interest in Bible stories and identify and / or visit his heroes (...) The videos appearing on the site were carefully selected and uploaded Important classroom discussions (without harming or degrading the Bible) - such as the discussion of God's fairness in his actions in relation to Job - a discussion that arises both from a sketch of 'the Jews are coming' and from various traditional commentators. These issues are legitimate and vital in Bible teaching in education The state. Other videos from the series that appear on the website deal with Eliyahu, Yona and David and Goliath and are, in our opinion, worthy and appropriate. "The chairman of the pedagogical secretariat, Miri Schlissl, who is a Zionist-religious educator, further stated that" The

director general of the National Union, Wald, said in response to the Ministry of Education's response: "The Minister of Education and his ministry were expected, especially these days, to be a unifying and state-owned entity. Giving legitimacy to certain content is a disgrace and qualifies the entire series." The nation is causing division among the people and hurting so many emotions in the public. " He added that "I ask the Minister of Education not to succumb to extremist liberal voices and reconsider the Minister's position."

About 1,500 people demonstrated on Monday in front of the Broadcasting Corporation building here in Jerusalem against the satire program "The Jews Are Coming" claiming "contempt and violation of Jewish values" as part of the program, as stated in an invitation to a demonstration sent by Ofek - the Jewish Information Headquarters. It also states that the participants in the protest "shout their cry 'so far' to despise and insult the saints of Israel." "The Jews are coming" is a satire program and should be treated as such. Freedom of expression and creativity are a top value in public broadcasting, as is self-humor. The right of protesters to protest is no less important. "

Meanwhile, the creators of "The Jews Are Coming" responded to the protest against the plan. In a Facebook post yesterday (Tuesday) evening, Assaf Beiser and Natalie Marcus wrote: "We believe that the Bible belongs to all of us: religious, secular, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Orthodox, Reform, wise and foolish. We all have the right to read it, to think it, to love it and to be angry with it. "More than that, the Bible is the gift of the Jewish people to all of humanity. The authority to read it and have a dialogue with it is given to every person."

They added: "We believe those who say they are offended by the show, and Egypt for that. This is satire's way - sometimes it stirs the stomach, stings the eye and shakes the heart. Our goal is not to hurt. Our goal is to be funny, entertaining, and occasionally even thought-provoking ( ...) We believe in 'we', not in 'we and they'. We feel family members of every Jew wherever he is - secular, religious, orthodox, reform or conservative. "Even to the senders of the abusive messages and threats to the 'Jews are coming' players, we feel family sentiment, because Israel, even though it has sinned, is Israel."

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