Chief Rabbinate Council Member seeks Rabbinate intervention in Givati APC case
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Chief Rabbi Demands IDF Drop Proceedings Against Givati Soldiers: ‘What Happened to the Rights of the Religious Soldier?’
Israel’s Chief Rabbi, Rav Kalman Meir Ber, has called on IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Defense Minister Israel Katz to cancel disciplinary proceedings against Givati Brigade soldiers who refused to enter a Namer armored personnel carrier in which a female paramedic was present, arguing that the religious rights and halachic concerns of observant soldiers must be respected. In a sharply worded letter, Rav Ber criticized the handling of the in…
The Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Kalman Meir Bar, sent a pointed letter to the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Defense demanding that the prosecution of the Givati soldiers who refused an order be canceled. According to him, the codes of conduct in the army were determined by elements disconnected from Jewish Torah and violate the right of religious soldiers to maintain the "sanctity of the camp." The rabbi warned that this step could bring disaster to…
The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Kalman Meir Bar, sent an unusual call to Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, calling on him and the army to immediately withdraw from putting the Givati fighters on trial.
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