Rabbi Leo Dee Assaulted By Protester During Chol Hamoed Prayers In Dizengoff Square

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British Israeli Rabbi Leo Dee, who in the span of three days lost two daughters, Maia and Rina, and his wife, Lucy, in a terrorist car attack, holds a press conference in Efrat on April 10, 2023. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife, Lucy, and two daughters, Rina and Mia, in a terrorist shooting attack in April, participated in a prayer service on Wednesday morning in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.

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During the course of the prayers, protesters including females attempted to disrupt the worship. One of the protesters intentionally pushed Rabbi Dee aside as he prayed and carried the four species.

Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv has become a focal point for clashes between religious Jews and anti-religious protesters after a public prayer service held by the Rosh Yehudi outreach organization was disrupted on Yom Kippur. The organizers of the prayer tried to use Israeli flags as a partition after the court accepted the municipality’s position that gender segregation in prayer in a public space should be prohibited. Protesters confronted the worshipers, destroyed the partition, and removed the chairs that the organizers had placed. They also desecrated the prayers, taking photographs and heckling with drums, with one protester even posing in a bathing suit next to the Chazan during Neila prayers.

During Thursday’s prayers, a makeshift partition was also erected, but municipal inspectors quickly removed it.


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anonymous
anonymous
6 months ago

Disgusting!!!!

Kneecap the combative stalinists
Kneecap the combative stalinists
6 months ago

Liberal-fascists will always resort to force…. unless there are clear and immediate consequences, such as being punched in the teeth each time they physically attack religious Jews. Always have a security detail of a dozen young men, inconspicuous on the sides but ready to defend at a moments notice, anytime a public event is being staged, especially in Tel Aviv.

Kvetch
Kvetch
6 months ago

Here’s what should happen. Get the exact cops who arrested the charedi teens for church spitting to arrest the grown adult man who purposely shoved Dee.

Enough
Enough
6 months ago

Until the orthodox start to fight back it will only get worse. These bullies know they can get away with it.

lazerx
lazerx
6 months ago

this is NOT a protester, this is a thug.
Why was he not arrested?

Eli Frankel
Eli Frankel
6 months ago

The Israeli government guarantees freedom of religion. Does that not iclude the authentic Jewish religion?

sam
sam
6 months ago

well i think he could handle it, he’s a true fighter, remember when the sadigura rebbe came to visit him during shiva,