The enforcement department of Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority recently detained a non-Jewish citizen of Colombia who was dressed like a Chareidi Jew in Petach Tikvah.
The man entered Israel in 2019 on a three-month tourist visa and has been illegally residing in Israel ever since.
He submitted an asylum application in 2020 which was rejected but he continued to stay in Israel illegally. He later also submitted a request for humanitarian status, which was also denied.
An investigation revealed that the man dresses in Chareidi garb, attends shul and has even been called to the Torah.
The Authority is taking steps to deport him from Israel as soon as possible.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Why would you blur out his face? People should know who he is to avoid halachic problems (such as calling him up for an Aliyah).
What does he say his name is?
Carlos Ben sheigetz?
Colombians are notorious of pretending to be religious Jews
Does he want to become a ger? Is he a non-Jewish descendant of Jews (whether relatively recent OTD’s, or refugees from the Inquisition)?
Why does YWN protect the identity of this phony con-artist?
Yes, a stranger amongst us. Watch out for Santa Claus next year
Another non-story. Don’t publish these kind of stories if all you’re going to say is someone supposedly did something somewhere.
I lived in Fairfax VA while I was in graduate school in DC eons ago, and had the pleasure of living in Rabbi Deitch’s community during that time for a few years. (I’m not a chabadnik, But I’m way too politically conservative to live in Maryland or DC). We were always infiltrated by Jews for Jesus types, at least once a month a scout or two would pop in for a Shabbos davening.
But one guy in particular stayed and kept coming, like minyanim and everything. And it took about 2 months for the rabbi to decide to kick him out. He had the funniest answer. “No frum yid knows nach that well” lol. He’s so right. (Sad but true!)
Dear ArmedJew,
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ALL (100%) of the Rabbis of the Talmud were masters of ALL (100%) of Tanach.
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Rabbi Yaakov Kamentsky was famous for mastering ALL (100%) of Tanach.
Sincerely,
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