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>JN Jan. 17, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 9
Tragedy in Kiryat Motzkin
By IsraelWire
Police report that a young woman in Kiryat Motzkin on Sunday threw her two-month-old infant, a dog, and furniture from the fourth floor window of her Menahem Begin Street home. An emergency medical service team that responded to the scene pronounced the infant dead on the scene. The woman then ran downstairs and began running through the street naked. Police apprehended the woman and transported her to a medical facility.
Missionary Insert in Israeli Newspaper
By Arutz-7 News Service
A paid 16-page missionary insert was distributed with the Ha'aretz newspaper, entitled, "A New World Order is Coming" replete with quotes from the New Testament, as well as several from the Bible, expounds on Protestant theology, sharply criticizes the Catholic church, and - in the final, climactic pages - calls upon readers to accept Jesus.
Mark Powers, of Jews for Judaism <http://jewsforjudaism.org> - a counter-missionary, educational, outreach, and counseling network - commented: "Although this pamphlet appears to be an attack upon the Catholic church, the question is why is it being distributed in Israel? This is a common missionary ploy. They mistakenly believe that the reason Jews have not accepted Christianity is because we are upset over the anti-Semitic actions of those who claimed to be Christian, namely, the Catholic church. By attempting to discredit the Catholics, and telling the readers that they can be a "child of God" through 'real' Christianity, they hope to ensnare more Jews."
One Year in Jail for Agunah-Husbands
By Arutz-7 News Service
The Knesset has voted in favor of a preliminary reading of an Agunah (literally, a "chained woman") law. The bill, proposed by Meretz MK Anat Maor, states that a man who leaves his wife and refuses to grant her a proper Jewish divorce - thus preventing her from re-marrying - will be sentenced to one year in prison.
Suspected of Indecent Acts in Guise of Religious Act
By IsraelWire
A 40-year-old Rosh HaAyin man is suspected of impersonating a rabbi
and, in the guise of "religious ceremony," raping and perpetrating
indecent acts on women.
The newly religious man asked his daughter, 23, to send him a
friend of hers, so that he could "save her soul." When the young
woman arrived at his home, he anointed her body with oil, and then,
in a pseudo-religious ceremony, sexually molested her. The young
woman complained to the police.
Several days later, the suspect called her, told her that the "ceremony" hadn't succeeded, and invited her back for a new "ceremony." Petah Tikvah police took the opportunity to catch their suspect and arrested him.
Teacher Spits on Pupil
By IsraelWire
A Petah Tikvah junior high school teacher has come up with a unique way to punish a student who spat into her cup of tea during class. The teacher spat in the child's face.
Last week, during class, the teacher involved left the class for several minutes during which time the student spat into her tea. Following her return, the teacher realized that every time she sipped her tea, the class laughed. Finally, they told her what had occurred. The teacher became enraged, took the student to an adjoining empty classroom, shouted at him and then spat in his face. She then informed the principal that the student spat in her tea.
The principal expelled the student for three days and instructed him to apologize to the teacher in writing. The principal was unaware the teacher spat in the child's face. After three days, the principal realized the child had not returned but a letter arrived from the parents, in which it detailed the events, including the fact that the teacher spat at the child. The teacher admitted she did spit at the child.
The school and Ministry of Education are probing the incident and appropriate actions will be taken against the teacher involved according to ministry officials.
Lesbian Mom Takes Her Case to the High Court
By IsraelWire
36-year-old Yael has filed a petition with the High Court of Justice, seeking to overturn a ruling of a rabbinical court. The divorced mother of three has joint custody of her three children along with her ex-husband.
When her former husband learned of her lesbian affair, he petitioned the rabbinical court. The husband told the court that the affair in the home, in which the children lived, was harmful to the children, their development and values.
The rabbinical court ruled in favor of the husband, barring the mother from bringing her female lover into the home while the children were present and barring the mother from visiting the children together with her lover. The woman, whose name has not been released, stated the High Court ruling would serve as a test case for many women in the same predicament.
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