December 7, 2010
3379 IS THE ORTHODOX POSITION:
This fire is still burning: Racism is spreading (MICHAEL MARMUR, 12/07/2010, Jerusalem Post)
Fifty Orthodox rabbis, most of them recipients of state funding, have just declared a ban on the rental or sale of property to non-Jews. They cite a number of halachic precedents, including the fear of intermarriage which apparently will ensue if such property deals are concluded. They also note that prices will fall if such transactions take place. It’s the Aramaic version of “there goes the neighborhood.”Posted by Orrin Judd at December 7, 2010 7:14 PMIf we allow these declarations to pass with no comment, there goes Judaism. If the true voice of Judaism is one which provides a mandate for bigotry and a license for racism, then our crisis is of epic proportions.
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