Leave it to the blackhats and the bearded ex-brooklynites to get in a good old donnybrook.
If I understand my schisms correctly the blackhats don’t even think Israel should exist (the Messiah not having returned yet). They are of course exempt from having to serve in the military or even earn an honest living. They are pretty combative with their non-orthodox neighbors however. Especially when driving by on the sabbath.
I guess at least both sides hate the jews-for-jesus with equal fervor.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/966623.html
Ariel teen seriously wounded by explosion in his house
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Purim, Israel
A fifteen year old boy from Ariel was seriously wounded Thursday by shrapnel that lodged in his back after an explosion in his house.
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The Parents of the victim are members of the Messianic Jews movement, which the police classify as a cult. The boy’s father is considered to be one of the movement’s leaders. Police were investigating reports that the family had been targeted before for their affiliation with the group.
After previous attempts to harm the family, a security camera was installed at the family’s home. The police were checking the footage to see whether the explosion was documented by the cameras. The police emphasized that there was no proof to support the theory that the explosion was deliberate and malicious.
I guess at least both sides hate the jews-for-jesus with equal fervor.
"...and messianic Jews, who believe in Jesus but consider themselves Jewish."
Uh, the messianic "Jews" ARE the Jews-for-Jesus (or very closely related, philosophically speaking). They are NOT practicing Jews
You are right. In fact, if you drive through a Hassidic neighborhood in Jerusalem during Sabbath, you’ll be stoned! Now, they are ususally blocked off, but the irony is not lost. If they are only allowed to walk so many steps, etc. how are they allowed by that law (a law made by man, and not G-d) to throw stones? Jesus confronted the Pharisees for making a wall around the law to keep people from supposedly disobeying it, but instead, they made the law intolerable and impossible to keep, and His complaint was that they were no better at keeping this than the ones they accused of not keeping it!