Posted on 12/24/2006 7:43:12 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator
Menelaus would have been proud. He was the Hellenistic high priest installed by Antiochus who championed the battle against traditional Jews that brought about the holiday of Hanukka. Not much has changed - it would seem - in 2,000 years.
Instead of the Greeks and the secular Jews combining forces to stifle Jewish observance, today it's Labor MK Ophir Paz-Pines. He has introduced a bill in the Knesset that would effectively punish an adult who brings a minor closer to mitzva observance or Torah study. Invite a teenager to put on tefillin, and you could be prosecuted.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
I do not see how such a law can be drafted and passed - it would mean that there was no freedom of speech on religious matters.
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