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Moronic Yeshiva Students

In the Old City today, four idiotic yeshiva students assaulted an Armenian priest. The Jerusalem Post reports that one of the yeshiva students - who are described as being charedi - spat on the priest and three others assaulted the priest when he defended himself.

Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski condemned the attack which he called a "despicable act" which is "likely to harm the delicate relations that exist in Jerusalem."

It is an open secret that disgraceful incidents like these happen too often - even if only occasionally - in the Old City. Last week on Cross-Currents, Jonathan Rosenblum criticized ADL head Abe Foxman for calling on rabbis to condemn "the phenomenon of yeshiva students in Jerusalem’s Old City attacking Christians." Rosenblum argued that only one such incident had been reported. I hope he and other observant Jews, charedi, dati or otherwise, will agree that whether or not a "phenomenon" exists, the message must be sent by yeshivas and by our communities that these types of actions are a chilul Hashem and a disgrace to Judaism and to Israel.
posted on 1/06/2005