JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police are investigating a series of attacks and assaults against the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, the Raavad (head of the rabbinical court) of the Eda Chareidis. The attacks were apparently perpetrated by extremists who oppose the Goloventzis neighborhood established in Beit Shemesh, claiming that it is built over Jewish tombs.
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Recently Rabbi Yonah Sternbuch, the grandson of the Raavad, moved to the neighborhood, which was built after his grandfather ruled that all of the tombs in the area are gentiles and therefore have no sanctity. Since Rabbi Sternbuch’s move, his family have been subjected to a series of harassments, including chasing the children away and even throwing stones at the vans bringing them to their Talmud Torahs in a different section of Beit Shemesh.
People who tried to protect the children from the attacks have themselves been attacked by the extremists, In one case the van carrying the children was stoned and the windshield was broken. In other instances the children were harried as they entered and exited their educational institutions. Extremists even threatened people who photographed their actions.
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מספר קיצונים בבית שמש תוקפים באלימות פיזית את נכדי הראב"ד הגר"מ שטרנבוך בדרכם לת"ת, לאחר שעברו לגור בשכונת "רמת אברהם-גולובנציץ". @behadrei_bhol pic.twitter.com/rW5i03uuQL— יוסי שטארק Yossi Shtark (@YossiShtark) November 15, 2021
Police said that they are investigating the incidents but urged the victims to submit complaints in order to help the police act swiftly and effectively.
i just love it how chareidim love physically attacking other Jews in Israel but then say that the Dati Leimi are evil for attacking Hamas.
The day will come when they pray for Charedi policemen to be replaced with Chiloni ones.
Crazy extremists should all be locked up and the keys should be thrown away
Shame on those people who throw rocks and cause damage to other yidden
Looks like we will be fasting again this Tisha B’Av……..
Not sure how much you know about the chareidem in mea sheurem etc. But I do know this neighborhood and community very well, these extream elment there is hated by the overwhelming majority in the community as much they are hated by the rest of the country, and even more
While I strongly object to the violence, how could a Rabbi rule on this matter, if he needs the place for his grandchildren, and great-grandchildren? The originator of the Eidah HaHareidi, Rabbi Yosef-Chaim Zonnenfeld, of Blessed Memory, let Rabbi Alter (“Imrei Emet”) of Gur rule if it was permissible for him go to Jordan, to meet with Arab monarchs.