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Top rabbi backs Elon despite conviction
Kobi Nachshoni
Published: 14.08.13, 08:39
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1. when we knowingly give traf food to another the sin is ours.
Israel ,   Israel   (08.14.13)
When we purposefully meet with and provide a bimah (stage) for a convicted sex offender it is our sin. Rabbi Druckman why did you feel a need to share in this man's sin? Correct me if I am wrong - but Rabbi Druckman didn't invite the convicted sex offender - the 7th President of the nation to give a lecture before his students! What's the story here?
2. Those who support him are as guilty as he is
Mirriam ,   Netanya   (08.14.13)
What kind of message is this sending to his victims? This so calle Rabbi Druckman is as guilty as he is. The very same people who regulary issue homophobic statements against law obiding citizens of Israels gay community yet at the same time support a sex offender such as Elon, such hypocracy but on the other hand what should we expect from such people after all he is one of theirs.
3. Permanent unfixable rupture between civil vs religous courts
Cyberbrain ,   Israel   (08.14.13)
Each regards the other as an unjust irreconcilable adversary And one is certainly correct It should be self-evident, even to a child, that the continued shared rule of both leads to certain self-destruction
4. I will always believe in a God ..its these Rabbis I will
Al   (08.14.13)
always despise. Shame on these impostors. We must take back our religion from these trief impostors and carpetbaggers.
5. Not really surprised
A Jerusalemite ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (08.14.13)
The hypocrisy of the religious community is well known. This is merely another example of it.
6. I am perplexed.
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (08.14.13)
Only G-D knows the truth. I hope Elon will be smart enough to avoid being alone with a student.
7. 6 Ora, please read Ezek. 34 (re: Haphtarah Ki Tavo, 24th)
Paqid Yirmeyahu ,   netzarim.co.il   (08.14.13)
8. Maybe Druckman has the same tastes...
Phoenix ,   Israel   (08.14.13)
Maybe he also likes little boys...!
9. If he is guilty, why is he free?
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (08.14.13)
which presumes that his guilt is doubtful.Am i wrong? As i said before,i am perplexed,worrying about eventual victims. This case has to be investigated till the end. To whiten or to condemn completely the accused.
10. Shame on both these so called Rabbis
Michelle ,   Israel   (08.14.13)
It is a total disgrace that these Rabbis are able to cover these things up and allow animals such as these to continue coming in contact with our children. I guess this means my child should never be alone with another Rabbi and that is such a shame
11. Harming Rav Kook's work , memory
Norbus ,   Jerusalem   (08.14.13)
Harming Rav Kook's work , memory I would not call Moti Elon to Torah nor allow him to lead a minyan in prayer nor to teach . He should be placed under a Cherem for 5 years and be stripped of any religious title and be asked to make a public apology and compensate the victims, to whom he has done serious harm. is that how they honour Rav Kook's teachings? Druckman has chosen to in effect condone Elon's Heinous acts ; is Druckman a paedophile I now have big doubts re Druckman who should be properly investigated by the ministry of education as his defying basic laws of Torah puts him outside
12. They act like american catholic priests. Shame on them
(08.14.13)
13. To # 12
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (08.14.13)
This is the excerpt of a speech by Professor Steven Weinberg: Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. Address at the Conference on Cosmic Design, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. (April 1999)
14. Haven't seen nothing yet ,...
split ,   US   (08.14.13)
Wait when the grow in numbers ,...
15. @9 let me apply ur logic forward...
(08.14.13)
The Palestinian Terrorist are free...so we can presume that their guilt is doubtful. Or am I wrong? (FYI he's freed because sentencing is a separate process in Israel)
16. 13 "but for good people to do evil..
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (08.14.13)
things,that takes religion" Let me add to that: For bad people to do good,that takes religion.
17. Love your colleague as you love yourself
The spirit of Time ,   Jerusalem   (08.14.13)
If you are a perverted Rabbi you are not a perverted
18. What age are minors?
Akiva ,   NYC   (08.14.13)
The complaint was that Elon assaulted a 17 year old minor. Why is a 17 year old a minor? In most places 17 is not a minor. I would have thought if someone tried to kiss him a 17 year old male, he would just push off the offender and walk out.
19. @15 You are comparing apples and oranges
george ,   Canada   (08.15.13)
The terrorists were sentenced by the judiciary and released by the political echelon. It is exactly because they were guilty that made them valuable for political bargaining. What prevented the judiciary from jailing Elon?
20. A homophobe who turns out to be a gay pedeophile
Haim ,   TA   (08.15.13)
He joins the long list of homophbic bigots who turn out to be gay only in the case of Elon he is also a pedeophile as his offence involved sexually assulting minor boys. Such hypocracy just goes to prove that those who verbally attack gay people are those with the most to hide. Well hope he finds a nice cell mate in Prison for those lonely winter nights.
21. Behaving like the Vatican and Erdogan
Ehud   (08.15.13)
Exactly like the Roman Catholic Church (maybe even worse), Druckman is backing the perpetrator and thus violating the victims again! Exactly like Erdogan ("it can't be true that Muslims are committing genocide as this is prohibited by Islam"), Druckman acts under the axiom that an Orthodox Jew is not to be held responsible for crimes he has been convicted, as he is per definition pure (and whines the secular courtvtovruke?). Those are the people who claim moral superiority to the secular population? If that is the case, their wagon is pretty empty , and they should fill it with Greek philosophy and the modern ethicists of Enlightenment. But don't lecture us!
22. Question
Moshico ,   Jerusalem   (08.15.13)
If you found out your best friend is/was a pedophile would you stop being his friend. I guess if your answer is yes then you were not really good friends.
23. #4...my sentiments exactly
Steve   (08.15.13)
These pretenders are about as far removed from godly concerns as one can be. They are concerned with influence, power, and the trappings thereof. Bad enough for a lay person to indulge such behavior, but to prey on those who are unsophisticated and overly trusting, in the name of god, makes for a level of wrongdoing that is morally reprehensible. I wonder if these men are aware of their duplicitous behavior or are they blinded as a result of years of worship by their sorry sycophants.
24. Responsa re. Jewish Leadership in 2013/5773
Adam Neira ,   Planet Earth   (08.15.13)
This story about poor alliances, toxic groupthink and a confusion about right and wrong relates to the issue of leadership in the Jewish community. My Responsa... The Jewish people had a monarchy for 420 years but alas, as the Tanach states, the leaders and some of the people "Did evil in the sight of the L-rd". What this evil was exactly is interesting. I believe the euphemism means that certain people committed acts of child sexual abuse against their own and other children, thus the eventual implosion of the culture, nation and kingdom and subsequent collapse of the First and Second Temples. Fortunately however G-d does have a plan... "Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lords".
25. # 20 are you sure
Moshico ,   Jerusalem   (08.15.13)
Are you sure that Rav Elon ever spoke against being gay. Is a pedophile gay or does he just like touching children. Is Rav Elon gay or a pedophile. Any case which ever he is I still have respect for him but would have a lot more respect if he would just tell the truth. Its Elul, that's a wonderful thing about being Jewish we can ask for Teshuva, forgiveness.
26. 23There are good and bad Rabbis
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (08.15.13)
like good and bad doctors.
27. 22 Question,if you discover that ...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (08.15.13)
your good friend is a murderer,would you go on being a good friend? Pedophiles are killing young people's future.
28. 25 Do you have respect for criminals ..
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (08.15.13)
that harm weak preys? [Not related to Elon,whose case keeps me perplexed]
29. 27 So tell us, why do you keep defending so many?
anon ,   Israel   (08.15.13)
30. Cannot Deal with it
Zechariah   (08.16.13)
Druckman can't deal. With the Reality pod abuse and Homosexuality.he or others will have to deal with it .
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