The longer I am in this country the more obvious the inherent rifts become to me. Sometimes suprising, sometimes shocking. Like this episode:
The head rabbi of a prominent yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar was arrested Monday for writing a book that allegedly encourages the killing of non-Jews.
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira is the alleged author of the book “The King’s Torah,” which deems as legal, according to “Jewish law,” the killing of non-Jews.
Read more at the Haaretz
