On the Ynet article questioning whether Chabad is part of Orthodox Judaism:

The article and the related debate have all missed the point.

"The High Court will have to decide whether the Chabad movement is part of the Jewish Orthodox group."

Why is this article entitled "Is Chabad part of Orthodox Judaism?" when the much more glaring question is "Is the Israeli High Court part of Judaism and should it be allowed to rule on Jewish matters at all?"

The Israeli High Court has for a long time maintained a militantly secularist stance on matters far beyond it's ken, ability, understanding and jurisidiction. The real travesty is that a bunch of gay-activist Jew-hating "judges" in Israel are trying to define Judaism for Jews everywhere.

If religion and state were properly separated, then the court could rule on things they actually know about and have authority over and Rabbis could do the same in their own territory. The current situation, in which Rabbis can only offer religious rulings at the pleasure of those who hate all that the Rabbis stand for, more resembles Roman and Inquisition rule than enlightened democracy.

It's high time to move the Israeli courts out of religious matters where they do not belong.
Jake | 05.30.06 - 6:03 pm | #