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Berkovic called the ultra-Orthodox "idlers who don't pay taxes"; Smotrich: "anti-Semitic incitement" - Voila! culture

2022-10-22T20:13:29.253Z


In his program, TV presenter Eyal Berkovich referred to the words of the chairman of Torah Judaism according to which "it is more difficult to study Torah than to be a fighter on the front" saying "they will run the country in two weeks"


Berkovic called the ultra-Orthodox "idlers who don't pay taxes";

Smotrich: "anti-Semitic incitement"

In his program, the TV presenter Eyal Berkovich referred to the words of the chairman of Torah Judaism according to which "it is more difficult to study Torah than to be a fighter on the front" saying "They will run the country in two weeks and tell us what to do.

They are disconnected and do not work." Rabbi Goldknopf: "Suspend him." Smotrich: "Shame and disgrace"

Yaki Adamker

10/22/2022

Saturday, October 22, 2022, 10:38 p.m. Updated: 10:56 p.m.

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Eyal Berkowitz criticizing the ultra-orthodox, an excerpt from Keshet 12's "Ofira and Berkowitz" (Keshet 12)

An uproar following the words of the TV presenter Eyal Berkowitz against the ultra-Orthodox

: in his program "Ofira and Berkowitz" Berkowitz harshly attacked the chairman of Torah Judaism Rabbi Yitzhak Goldknopf after the latter said that "it is more difficult to learn Torah than to be a fighter on the front". Berkowitz said That Goldknopf should be ashamed of himself and attacked the ultra-Orthodox society from which Goldknopf comes: "They are the ones who are going to run the country here in two weeks.

They will tell you and me and everyone here what to do, those who don't care about our people at all, who are disconnected.

They read the Torah all day, don't go to work, don't pay taxes, don't go to the army.

idlers".



At the beginning of the program, Berkovic said: "I took the two soldiers who were killed, Ido Baruch and Noa Lazar, very seriously. I took it very hard and waited for this studio only to tell Mr. Yitzhak Goldknopf of Torah Judaism that he should be ashamed. I want to ask you, Goldknopf, and think carefully at home - Who is more Jewish? You or me? I didn't read a single line of the Torah but I went to the army, I work and pay taxes and when two soldiers are killed I cry at home, or you who just read the Torah all day, he doesn't care about anyone in the State of Israel and goes around mocking the soldiers two days later That they are murdered?



"Shame on you.

Shame that people like you represent me in the State of Israel, in the government and in the Knesset.

I ask you, think carefully before you go to be elected again.

I would never choose someone like you.

disgrace.

I've been waiting two weeks to tell him face to face.

Which Jew is this?

Who mocks IDF soldiers after they are killed? Is that Jewish? Shame and shame. They are cut off from the people, it doesn't interest them."

A new storm.

Ofira and Berkovich (photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)

Rabbi Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of Torah Judaism, responded: "I express shock and disgust at the harsh words of blasphemy uttered by Eyal Berkovich on Channel 12 against the ultra-Orthodox public.

If the words were not said in Hebrew, it would be possible to think that this is a segment from an anti-Semitic propaganda channel abroad. I call on the management of the channel to disavow the wild incitement and suspend the presenter until he retracts his words. I have no doubt that the words of the presenter are a direct effect of Lieberman's wild incitement against the ultra-Orthodox public, the answer Ours will be given by ballot."



The chairman of Degal HaTorah MK Moshe Gafni added: "Eyal Berkovic is completely cut off from the people and lives in a bubble created by some members of the media. It would be interesting to know when was the last time he met an ultra-Orthodox person who knows how the ultra-Orthodox live and what they do. Before he opens the His mouth is against a large public in Israel, let him go study and do homework about what he is talking about. A child in Talmud Torah in the first grade knows more in every field than him,



The Chairman of Religious Zionism, MK Bezalel Smotrich, also responded: "Anti-Semitic statements like those of Eyal Berkovich, the Jewish people have suffered over the years from the worst of their haters. It is a shame and disgrace that here in Israel, on the screen, such serious incitement is heard against the ultra-orthodox public, which contributes a lot to the nation Israel in many acts of kindness, in learning Torah that preserves the Jewish tradition, and increasingly also in integration into the IDF and the job market."

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