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Haredi who called soldier 'slut': She acted provocatively
Aviad Glickman
Published: 02.01.12, 21:31
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61. 48
zionist forever   (01.03.12)
Thats a good point and there is also the issue that most haredi don't know any english just hebrew and yiddish and as you say there is no word slut. I would be interested to know exactly what he did say especially because like the guy says he has no interest in the secular media or tv so where does he learn english words?
62. ''ISRAEL'' IN THE ASIAN CONTINENT.
A WONDER ,   MULTIVERSE   (01.03.12)
IT IS TO BE HOPED, THAT THE POPULATION WITHIN (AND OF COURSE ALSO OUTSIDE) ''ISRAEL'' ARE ABLE/WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH EACH-OTHER AND SO ON.
63. # 10 Limud Ha-Torah
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (01.03.12)
In Krakow-Lublin-Warsaw there was more Limud Hatorah than in the entire state of Israel today,and they didn't receive any help from the Polish government,still Divine oversight, overlooked whats happening in those places,39- 45.But you are right about the need for a strong Army.
64. ''won't forgive her''
John   (01.03.12)
what is this concept of ''never forgiving?'' A society cannot continue to operate if people are taught that ''not forgiving'' is an option. ''Not forgiving'' is a recipe for non-stop everlasting warfare. In my country we have no such concept. You must always forgive.
65. #30 I was there in the 60s
shmulke ,   w coast, USA   (01.03.12)
...and the way this so-called 'wise man' acted on the bus was no better than the ignorant racist redneck segregationists treated Rosa Parks on HER bus ride. How's the air way up there on your high horse?
66. Fuchs
Enoch ,   Toronto   (01.03.12)
What the fuchs. Reading the same books again and again entitles you to live off the public purse? What a great country.
67. I agree with this guy 100%
Nate ,   USA   (01.03.12)
68. Boycoott!
Dan ,   Brooklyn   (01.03.12)
The majority of bus riders in these neighborhoods are Charedim, let them set up their own private busses, like they tried to do 20 years ago, and we will see Egged come running begging them not to as it would kill their business. This time the Charedim should tell egged where to go. The amount of hatred for Charedim that exist in Israeli society is shocking, that’s the sort of hatred is not tolerated even in Europe. Thank God I don’t live in Israel. Oh and by the way, without the Torah Israel is just a tiny little country, making problems in the world, who needs it? How come all the university students studying “humanities” and “libel arts” and all the other BS are not called parasites?
69. #63 Limud Ha-Torah
The Professor ,   Brooklyn, NY   (01.03.12)
Where's your data? While there was lots of learning in pre-WWII Krakow-Lublin-Warsaw, there are many more full-time learners now in EY. No one has a good explanation for the Shoah, but don't let your anger at G-d detract from the reality that we all need more ahavat chinam and less sinat chinam.
70. hitting a soldier should be considered treason
phil ,   tel aviv   (01.03.12)
especially when done by a hareidi parasite
71. He is crazy. Book him! ...and a coward too!
Benny ,   Baltimore   (01.03.12)
72. Send these parasites to the IDF !
Ezra   (01.03.12)
73. A MAGICAL WORD
David ,   New York, NY   (01.03.12)
In most societies on Earth, especially in the West, a grown, able-bodies man who sits in his room all day "studying" would be considered in dire need of a psychological or psychiatric crisis intervention. But since his behavior is couched in terms of "religion," it is considered acceptable or at least tolerated. His behavior, which is of course representative of the group of which he is a part, the rationalizations which are needed to give it a veneer of respectability, and its' acceptance or at least tolerance are just amazing, incredible phenomena which one would not thought possible in a Jewish state coming in the aftermath of The Holocaust.
74. He calls himself a man? I don't think so!
Robert ,   Australia   (01.03.12)
75. I sit at shul from eight in the morning
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (01.03.12)
till midnight and study.There are 2 Torahs,one given at Sinai, that instructs the people of Israel about daily life,than, there is a new Torah, which was created by the Haredim,to study ancient texts day and night, and has nothing to do with daily life,but the haredim believe,they are superior the soldiers who risk their lives daily.They remind me of the monks of St Catherine Monastery in the Sinai,who devote their lives to pray and study the ancient books in the library of the Monastery,they too live on donations.
76. the conflict between haredim and the rest of the population
cyla stern ,   usa   (01.03.12)
the main problems here is lack of tolerance between haredim and non haredim. Jewish people always were wise people with "chochmat chaime". Where is "chochmat chaim" today. Be tolerante toward each other, don't teach each other how to behave, let everybody live in piece of mind and harmony .
77. #68
The Bald scotsman ,   Medford, USA   (01.03.12)
Idiot, they also work and serve in the army.
78. HAREDI
PAUL ,   NEW YORK USA   (01.03.12)
THE ISRAELI GOV'T SHOULD STOP FINANCING HAREDIM.
79. I was once harassed by a secular group...
Daniel ,   NY, USA   (01.03.12)
I was once harassed by a secular group of youths on a bus in Israel. I was not wearing a hat. Maybe a jacket. They would not let me sit next to them. I called the bus driver to help. This never happened to me in Europe or America. I was so socked. Do you think the cops would protect me in such a situation???
80. Wait a minute
babawawa ,   new york, usa   (01.03.12)
This is the first I'm hearing that she called him names. How come that doesn't count? Prayer offers protection. If you don't believe that, then you hate the haredi because you want to. Personally, I feel the only people who belong in the back of the bus are the people who WANT to sit there. Might as well get this fight about public buses out in the open now and get it settled.
81. If he's protecting her....
J.B   (01.03.12)
Than take his Torah study desk, put it on a truck, and plunk it down right on the Gaza border. Than he'll be protecting her.
82. #48, there is such a word as "zona" though.
Henry from New York ,   USA   (01.03.12)
83. Maybe he didnt understand how bad it is to call someone...
Susan ,   Kfar Saba   (01.03.12)
a slut, but he knows very well what a shiksa is(I didnt know they use this word in Israel). It is very insulting to a Jewish woman to be called that. He should have ignored her.
84. I worked in several modern Orthodox yeshivahs.
Susan ,   Kfar Saba   (01.03.12)
The men I worked with were all gentlemen. The Torah can teach good manners.
85. Mistranslation by Ynet
Yoni the JEW ,   Jewish Homeland   (01.03.12)
the word Prutzah in hebrew does not mean slut. This is a gross mistranslation. Prutzah means immodest. This whole thing is clearly a blood libel. Can you imagine if each person who called a woman a "prutzah" in Israel was taken to jail?! Doesnt anyone realize that there are real crimes, sexual harrasments, rapes and other terrible things that go on in our country and we give this case attention? What is going on? Why is there an unbalanced persecution of haredim? How can this happen in a society that is against discrimination? THIS IS THE GREATEST HYPOCRISY
86. Fuchs is wrong
david ,   belgium   (01.03.12)
The problem today in the Haredi world that alot of those guys dont know halacha and it s time that the Rabbis of the Haredim stend up and say that it s going to far. There is no halacha that woman can not stand inbetween man on a bus.Put this in your head once and for all
87. Ignorant savage!
Phoenix ,   Israel   (01.03.12)
I'm tired of these Ignorant savages. We must stop giving them free money, they live from our taxes. Lazy bastards!
88. #43 You're right, he's right.. O minha querida irma.
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (01.03.12)
....But did you ask yourself why it's happening? The discrimination is caused by something..nao e? My mum tries to fly to or from Ben Gurion as close to Shabbat as possible to avoid these guys. She got fed up with them ramming their trolleys into her heels, oblivious to others, at check-ins or on their way out through customs. Agreed, it's really sad that it's come to this divide when more serious dangers to Israel are looming.
89. Ona'a Be Devarim is forbidden in the Torah
Lemmings Hotline ,   sd usa   (01.03.12)
To use your speech to ridicule denigrade someone is a prohibition in the Torah. He caused his own downfall. This is similar to Adam's downfall. He not only told Eve not to eat from the tree, but also not to touch it. His strictness caused a general downfall in his observance.
90. #48 it was a Hebrew language exchange...
cunning linguist ,   Israel   (01.03.12)
the actual Hebrew word used literally translated means approximately: "busted open or open and available" but it also means slut or whore. Since the word was used in its feminine declination then it is translated into English as "slut" or "whore"
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