"Take Out the Reform Party, the Jews Want to Continue" | The Confrontation Between Distel-Etberian and Karib
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Reform Movement Responds to the Offensive Remarks by MK Galit Distel toward MK Gilad Kariv and the Pluralistic Jewish Community - Central Conference of American Rabbis
June 10, 2025 We, the leadership of the Reform Movement – the largest Movement in North American Jewish life – unequivocally condemn the offensive and degrading remarks about Reform Judaism made by MK Galit Distel-Atbaryan in a Knesset committee. In response to MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv’s statement that his daughters lay tefillin – a sacred and time-honored ritual – MK Distel-Atbaryan compared the act to a bar mitzvah for a dog. These comments are no…
A discussion on the issue of putting on tefillin in schools quickly escalated into a scuffle between a Likud MK and a Labor MK. • After Karib said that one of his two daughters was meticulous about putting on tefillin, Distel-Etberian replied that if he held a bar mitzvah for his dog, she would come to celebrate.
During the presentation of the Jewish identity reform in the education system, which took place today (Monday) in the Knesset Education Committee, the committee chairwoman - MK Galit Distel Atbarian - decided to expel MK Gilad Kariv, saying: "Get the enlightened Reformers out of here." This was a discussion about a reform by Education Minister Yoav Kish regarding "identity-supporting subjects in the education system," which is supposed to increa…
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