Jewish court sentences dog to death by stoning

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[nuconvert]

JERUSALEM (AFP) – A Jerusalem rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a dog it suspects is the reincarnation of a secular lawyer who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago, Ynet website reported Friday.

According to Ynet, the large dog made its way into the Monetary Affairs Court in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, frightening judges and plaintiffs.

Despite attempts to drive the dog out of the court, the hound refused to leave the premises.

One of the sitting judges then recalled a curse the court had passed down upon a secular lawyer who had insulted the judges two decades previously.

[pandoraou812]

Shaking my head.... then I read The canine target, however, managed to escape.

[Mr. Mojo]

The canine target, however, managed to escape. "Let the Animals Live", an animal-welfare organisation filed a complaint with the police against the head of the court, Rabbi Avraham Dov Levin, who denied that the judges had called for the dog's stoning, Ynet reported

[Wuli]

I thought this was a joke.

[Mrs. Don-o]

This seems dubious. One guy says there was a sentence of stoning. Another denies it. Wouldn't there be a written court record? And if there isn't, wouldn'/t it make sense to think the story might have been, just might have been, concocted or distorted by the Animal Rights activists?

Count me skeptical.

[Astronaut]

This kind of nonsense makes me embarrassed for my own faith. Religious zealotry and silly superstition like this by anyone is dangerous. The Muslims have elevated it to a violent art form, but it is still ridiculous and embarrassing when perpetrated by Jews or Christians.

[nuconvert]

Ynetnews is the English-language sister-site to Ynet, Israel’s largest and most popular news and content website.

Ynetnews is part of the prominent Yedioth Media Group, which publishes Yedioth Ahronoth – Israel’s most widely-read daily newspaper – as well as several popular magazines and dozens of local publications.

As such, Ynetnews is committed to the same professional standards and unwavering journalistic ethics as Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth, as well as to being an authoritative, accurate and fast source of online news and content

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3028645,00.html

[nuconvert]

“Religious zealotry and silly superstition like this by anyone is dangerous”

Yup. Fanatics are fanatical, and that’s not a good thing, no matter what religion or belief it is.

[FreeAtlanta]

It sounded as crazy as the daily stories coming out of the Muslim world, and I thought the end times was upon us.

If Jews and Christians begin behaving like Muslims, the world is done.

[OhioBuckeye]

Maariv Apologizes About Misleading Headline Regarding Stoning Of Dog Story

http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/2011/06/maariv-apologizes-about-misleading.html

I do not know the reliability of the source, but this is what I have read.

[Baynative]

Just sick!

Israel getting down to the level of Palestinians.

[PoloSec]

There is no accounting for foolishness.

[Mr. Jeeves]

A Jerusalem rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a dog it suspects is the reincarnation of a secular lawyer who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago, Ynet website reported Friday.

Exactly the kind of judicial system the Left wants - rule of law replaced by settling scores based on whims.

[Wuli]

O.K. So the headline was misleading.

But was the report misleading in saying that someone believed the dog was the reincarnation of someone? Was the report misleading in presenting the story in a manner that portrayed the others in the group as accepting that persons suspicion?

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks for the perspective on Ynet and Ynet News. It sounds like they're a usually credible source--- at least, a prominent source. That certainly is disturbing.

Nevertheless, as written, the article boils down to "one guy said/ but the other guy said". The court manager says the stoning sentence was for real. The rabbinical judge, Levin, denies it. If Levin's right, then he's been slandered. If he's wrong, then he's a liar. Wouldn't there be a written court record?

[Joe Boucher]

” the reincarnation of a secular lawyer “?
What about the stoning of ALL CURRENT lawyers?????

[hellbender]

I really don't know anything about that publication, but is it possible that this story was promulgated by secular Israeli JINOs to discredit their orthodox countrymen, much the way the MSM slanders evangelical Christians here in the U.S., portraying them as anti-scientific snake-handlers, etc.?

(It's obvious to me that there is an enormous philosophical gulf between faithful Jews and the Leftist Labor types in Israel.)

[Slings and Arrows]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2736459/posts?page=1

Earlier thread on the story; casts further doubt on its veracity.

[nuconvert]

Actually, it doesn’t really cast doubt on the veracity as much as it tries to apologize for poor behavior. At least, that’s how I read the “clarification”.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2736459/posts?page=31#31

[OhioBuckeye]

Don’t know.

Don’t care.

I was just passing info along. I thought that this was the reason this website was started. Silly me.

My focus is on defeating Obama in 2012. You may carry on carrying on......