ISRAEL (VINnews) — Former prime minister Naftali Bennett has filed a 1 million shekel lawsuit against a rabbi who falsely claimed that Bennett’s parents, Myrna and Jim, were not Jewish.
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The defamation lawsuit alleges that the false claims and “appalling epithets and curses” were seen by hundreds of thousands of people. The rabbi has more than 150,000 followers on social media.
In “sermons” posted online, he falsely claimed that Bennett’s mother underwent a Reform conversion in the US, and that he is “worse than a dog,” who is at least loyal.
To illustrate how widespread the claim was, Bennett pointed out that Google users search for his mother are suggested by algorithm to add the words “Christian” or “convert .
Bennett said that his mother, Myrna — whose parents come from generations of Jews, some of whom “were murdered in the Holocaust for being Jewish” — received “many inquiries over the past year in regard to doubts about her Judaism,” which “brought her great pain and sadness.”
Bennett said that damages he receives from the lawsuit will be donated to organizations that assist the families of fallen IDF soldiers.
One million shekel is equal to over $292,000.
slander is slander, unless the rabbi has proof of his statement, he should be required to pay.
Who is this rabbi?
Name of this “rabbi”
he’s an idiot in any religion
He’s kvetching, he’s Jewish!
But we can still call Paul from the Saudi Arabia suburb of Philadelphia a goy, without any fear of defamation, because… he IS.
He’s not we don’t recognize reform
Conversion So there is a problem