Yitzhak Shapira

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Yitzhak Shapira ( Hebrew יצחק שפירא, engl. Transcription Yitzhak Shapira; * 1966 ) is an Israeli rabbi who has published several books that have received national attention in Israel.

Live and act

Schapira lives in the West Bank in the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar and is chairman of the Dorshei-Yihudcha-Yeshiva, a religious school. In 2006, he protested against his colleague Jossi Peli being arrested and interrogated on suspicion of sedition after an article advocated the expulsion or killing of all male Palestinians over the age of 13.

Akiva Eldar, a Haaretz columnist , claimed in 2009 that the yeshiva received significant financial support from the Israeli government. Intellectually he was influenced by the rabbis Abraham Isaak Kook and Yitzchak Ginsburgh .

In 2008 he signed a manifesto supporting two Israelis who beat up two Arab youths on Holocaust Remembrance Day . In January 2010, Schapira was arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Palestinian mosque in the village of Yasuf in December 2009.

In 2009 he published the book The King's Torah , co-authored with Josef Elitzur , in which he wrote that Jews were allowed to kill non-Jews (including children) if they threatened Israel. The prerequisites for this are given, among other things, if one can assume that a child will grow up as an enemy of the Jewish people. The killing is still permitted in order to put enemy heads of government under pressure or if they are “in the way”.

The book was published by the yeshiva HaRaayon HaYehudi in Jerusalem, an institution close to the late ideas of Rabbi Meir Kahane . The book contains a recommendation from Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg. Ophir Pines-Paz , a member of the Knesset , filed a complaint with the Attorney General against Schapira for publishing the book. The case was closed by prosecutors in 2012 because there was insufficient evidence that it was published with the intention of inciting racism .

In October 2010, he urged Israeli soldiers to use Palestinians as human shields because, in his opinion, it would violate true Jewish values ​​for a soldier to risk his life to protect enemy soldiers or civilians.

Fonts (selection)

  • Jitzhak Schapira, Josef Elitzur: אל הר המור El har ha-mor. [1996/97].
  • Torat Hamelech. [2009] ( The King's Torah ).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Yuval Azoulay & Uri Blau: Violence follows removal of trailer from West Bank outpost . In: Haaretz . July 25, 2008
  2. ^ Matthew Wagner: West Bank rabbi, activist arrested . In: The Jerusalem Post . September 13, 2006
  3. ↑ Akiva Eldar: Who is funding the rabbi who endorses killing gentile babies? In: Haaretz . November 17, 2009
  4. ^ Matthew Wagner: Religious Affairs: Caught in the crossfire . In: The Jerusalem Post . March 13, 2008
  5. ^ A b Matthew Wagner: Book advocating killing gentiles who endanger Jews is hard to come by . In: The Jerusalem Post . November 11, 2009
  6. ↑ Chaim Levinson: Settler rabbi arrested over West Bank mosque arson . In: Haaretz . January 26, 2010
  7. ↑ Rabbi suspected in West Bank mosque arson released . In: BBC News . January 28, 2010
  8. ^ Rabbi's book says Jews can kill gentiles . In: JTA . November 9, 2009; The King's Torah. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur , March 23, 2012.
  9. ↑ Roee Sharon: 'ספר שמופץ בימין מסביר מתי מותר להרוג' גויים . In: Maariw . November 9, 2009
  10. ^ Matthew Wagner: Shimshon soldiers to be hailed at "Farbrengen" . In: The Jerusalem Post . November 12, 2009
  11. ↑ Chaim Levinson: Police release rabbi arrested for inciting to kill non-Jews . In: Haaretz . July 27, 2010
  12. ↑ פינס למזוז: פתח בחקירה נגד הרבנים שהסיתו . In: Maariw . November 9, 2009
  13. ↑ Jeremy Sharon: AG: "Torat Hamelech" authors will not be indicted . In: The Jerusalem Post . May 28, 2012
  14. ^ Yossi Gurvitz: Case dropped against authors, endorsers of gentile-killing manual . In: +972 Magazine . May 29, 2012
  15. ↑ Leading rabbi encourages IDF soldiers to use Palestinian human shields . In: Haaretz . October 20, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Shapira, Yitzhak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shapira, Yitzhak; יצחק שפירא
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH 1966