A top rabbi has said that the LGBTQ+ community and homosexual people getting married are to blame for earthquake aftershocks felt in Israel following the devastating disaster in Turkey last month. Photo shows the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar, undated. He said that recent earthquakes in Israel are…
A ‘Rabbi to the famous’ has been blamed for the sudden drop in COVID-19 vaccinations in Israel after sharing concerns about the possible side effects. Yuval Hacohen Asherov, a Rabbi known for advising numerous national celebrities, has been criticised for claiming that the vaccine could damage the immune system and…
This ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbi and incoming legislator has claimed that women who do not dress modestly get breast cancer and are “usually reincarnated as a cow”. Rabbi Baruch Gazahay, 38, who is set to join Israel’s ‘Knesset’ or national legislature, made the comments in a series of YouTube videos on…
Iran's Jewish community leader has slammed Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the occasion of Iran's anti-Israel day. With the open hostility between Iran and Israel, it is often overlooked that there is a Jewish community in Iran that numbers around 8,000. Many of them, however, reportedly live in fear…
A leading Israeli rabbi has claimed that skipping Torah studies is more dangerous for citizens than COVID-19. Orthodox rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading member of Israel's Haredi Jewish community, suggested that skipping Torah studies could be more dangerous than contracting COVID-19, according to reports. Local media said that Kanievsky ordered…
