Comments on: Yair Lapid Brings an American Chareidi Onboard

By: chareidirbs

chareidirbs — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:34:44 +0000

#2 said it like it is! They claim to be going against extremists when they are extremists in their own right!!

By: zionflag

zionflag — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:31:10 +0000

#2 Myopic to say the least..

By: Joe Yeshivish

Joe Yeshivish — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:11:49 +0000

Lipman learnt in Ner Yisroel? Was that for highschool or Bais Medrash? What year? Who’s Shiur was he in?

By: BestBochurInLakewood

BestBochurInLakewood — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:50:37 +0000

If anyone can change the crazy system in Israel it is Charedi-Americans, i.e ‘frum’ but normal and educated. Reb Dov is a good begining. Hatzlacha getting Israel ready for all of us soon…

By: coffee addict

coffee addict — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:03:31 +0000

Rabbi Neuberger, Rabbi Ruderman and Rabbi Weinberg are probably rolling in their graves from this guy

By: akuperma

akuperma — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:37:25 +0000

Secular Israelis (including such as Lapid’s father) see things like Europeans. They favor “Freedom from religion”, see secularism as a serious social goal, and religion primarily as a tool for the government to help control the people. Given these views, they oppose autonomy for religious groups, and rather than value the rights of individiuals (secular or religious), see things totally in terms of what policies the government will impose.

Americans favor “Freedom of religion”. Americans are religious but don’t want the government controlling religion, and value letting people do their “own thing.” It’s an environment that has favored the Torah world since our “own thing” is quite radical by most other standards.

If Lipman can steer Lapid into an American style view of supporting freedom of religion, it would be quite radical, and extremely unIsraeli. Indeed, it would be revolutionary that it verges on fantasy.

By: zionflag

zionflag — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:20:03 +0000

Sounds like an interesting combo.
Unfortunitly we have seen throughout the years that individuals have close to zero power in any party. There are no checks or balances or any true representation.

By: iced

iced — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:40:27 +0000

A) Mr. Lapid is the same anti-religious Torah-hating thug as his father Tommy Lapid was.

B) Mr. Lipman is not Chareidi. He is daati/mo. And he hates the frum and is attempting to stop the frum people from living in and expanding in Beit Shemesh.

Lapid and Lipman are a good fit for each other after Lipman had a falling out with Amsallem, another Torah hating Israeli politician.

By: YITZCHOKY

YITZCHOKY — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:19:14 +0000

SHOW me who you walk with and I will show you who you are!