Author Topic: Rabbi Ido Elba  (Read 3044 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Dominater96

  • Senior JTFer
  • ****
  • Posts: 477
Rabbi Ido Elba
« on: March 26, 2007, 01:13:01 AM »
Why was rabbi Ido Elba put in jail in the mid 90's? What was the halacha that he brought forth that put him in jail?

Offline Trumpeldor

  • Master JTFer
  • ******
  • Posts: 2228
Re: Rabbi Ido Elba
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2007, 01:19:34 AM »
Arutz-7, 6 December 1995

ELBA TO REMAIN BEHIND BARS
The Israel Prison Service Release Committee decided not to commute the
sentence of Rabbi Ido Elba by one-third. Fifteen months ago, Elba was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment for writing a scholarly religious
study on Judaism's attitude towards Arabs.

http://www.professors.org.il/docs/elba.txt

Offline Dominater96

  • Senior JTFer
  • ****
  • Posts: 477
Re: Rabbi Ido Elba
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2007, 01:33:30 AM »
What was his study?

Offline Fruit of thy loins

  • Master JTFer
  • ******
  • Posts: 1228
Re: Rabbi Ido Elba
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2007, 04:37:50 AM »
Two years' imprisonment for writing a paper?

That's sick.  :(
Every white woman deserves the black man of her dreams.  But what does every white man deserve?

Offline Trumpeldor

  • Master JTFer
  • ******
  • Posts: 2228
Re: Rabbi Ido Elba
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2007, 12:33:27 PM »
What was his study?

Essentially that the killing of Arabs is permitted by Jewish law. I don't know what context this was in.