Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By simmons on July 9, 2017

The revolution is already taking place. Heads are rolling, identities are being replaced, clothes are changing. The post-Haredism era is underway. You cant feel the change because the revolution isnt reflected in the media and in politics, but the ultra-Orthodox society is falling apart. Its going out to work, its shedding the Ashkenazi clothing it adopted from the gentiles and moving to jeans, and it can no longer let everyone sit down and study. There is nothing like it in the Jewish people, there has never been anything like it among Jews or gentiles.

Haredi Jews pray at the Western Wall. The Ultra-Orthodox parties expressed an official protest against the plan, but were okay with it (Photo: AFP)

The plan for an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall was finalized a year and a half ago. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was married to a convert through the Conservative movement, was familiar with the US Jewrys distress. Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett, who comes from a family which is partly Conservative, is even more familiar with their distress. Liberal Orthodoxy in Israel is identical to the Conservatives. The branding is different. Bennett is a younger and friendlier version of Netanyahu. They both have enough donors and supporters in the Diaspora.

The Conversion Bill is a different and more absurd story. The Chief Rabbinate (which has a monopoly over conversions, according to the new law), refused to recognize conversions performed by Ivanka Trumps rabbiuntil her father became president of the United States.

Bennett (L) and Netanyahu. Confusion of roles (Photo: Moti Milrod)

The rest is here:

The post-Haredism era is underway - Ynetnews

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