Straight from Jpost.com
January 17, 2006Draw your own conclusions…. THIS is why moshiach is not here. THIS is why the non religious and religious make snide comments about chareidim. Remember, this isn’t the same as Chassidim. Chassidim in the US and Israel WORK …. Chareidim are referred to in this country as people who do not work and get benefits from the government. Its a vicious cycle. Can you imagine this happenning elsewhere? Protesting bec. a family isn’t charedi enough? I invite your comments…
‘Irreligious’ Beit Shemesh haredi family told to move
A family living in Ramat Beit Shemesh has been targeted by a group of haredi extremists in the community who deemed that members of the family were not “religious enough” for its taste, police and the family said Monday.
The family, which is haredi and has lived in the predominantly haredi community for the last six years, has been subject to four nights of protests outside their home.
The target of the demonstrators has been the family’s two eldest sons, 22 and 20, who no longer wear haredi garb and are modern Orthodox, the mother of the family said.
Her two sons were beaten up on the way home Friday night by extremists, who have held a demonstration outside their home every night since then, calling on the family to move out, she said.
“These people are not normal,” she said. “It’s like we are living in the Wild West.”
After police arrested two haredi protesters who took part in the Sunday night demonstration, hundreds of haredim rioted Monday afternoon on a main road leading into the neighborhood in Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet, setting trash bins on fire and pelting police with stones, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.
Five demonstrators were arrested.
The mother said she had “no idea” why her family was suddenly being targeted, adding that the whole story was “very strange and troublesome,” but that it had happened once before to a different family in the area.
She added that local rabbis on Monday intervened in an attempt to stop the harassment.
so there are some chariedim that behave inappropriately. Suddenly that means all chariedim are lazy slackers who do nothing but mooch off the government? How about the chariedim who spend their days and nights learning Torah, living with the bare necessities, so that the world that you and I live in continues to turn?
Comment by Yaffa Davidson — January 17, 2006 @ 4:15 pm
Yudi the 1st thing I would say is if the jpost wrote this you have to take it with a huge grain of salt, they used to be a fine paper but were bought out by owners who are competing with the extreme Left Haartz. They are looking for any excuse to make chareidim look bad. Don’t believe what you read from the media they are liers. 2nd if it is true someone needs to check of course, then go the the Rabbis of the community and remind them “Hochceach tochiach et amitecha vilo tisa alav cheit” and one who embarrasses another Jew will not have a share in the world to come. Perhaps put up posters with this type of message, and the 2nd Beit Hamikdash burned down because of this kind of action (if it’s true)
Comment by Shlomo W — January 18, 2006 @ 4:09 am
there’s obviously more to this story than jpost is revealing
Comment by phishaliyah — January 21, 2006 @ 1:51 am