Shas: Ovadia Yosef does it again

Headline: Shas' Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Secular teachers are 'asses'

Quote:

Spiritual leader of the Ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef called secular teachers in Israel "asses" on Saturday during his weekly sermon.

 

Yosef has previously voiced his desire that the Education Ministry be handed over to Shas' authority.

 

In his sermon, the rabbi said that the teachers in the secular education system know nothing, "neither Shabath, nor holiday", and teach only "nonsense", and added that people whose parents placed them in the secular education system are unfortunate.
 
"What do they teach? They teach history and all sorts of nonsense about world nations, that's all," he said.

And there's the problem:

 

MK Ofir Pines-Paz also voiced his objection, saying "we won't allow Shas to turn Israel's teachers into the punching bag of its elections campaign." Pines-Paz added that both Yosef's and Shas Chairman Eli Yishai's express wish to control the education ministry "prove how dangerous a government headed by [Likud Chairman Benjamin] Netanyahu, who refused to divulge the promises he made to Shas in coalition talks, would be."

It's all about power and influence. And it's about a debate about Zionist culture versus Jewish Religion that has been around since the inception of Zionism. It is why ultraorthodox Jews objected to Zionism from the very beginning. Only Bibi may be good for the Jews, but he may be very bad for Israel and Zionism.   

 

Ami Isseroff