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HAIFA There may be some tens
of thousands of very Orthodox
Jews in Jerusalem and elsewhere in
Israel who affect the curious
garb which the uniformed observer
- tends to call Hassidic. And the
Jews who wear these black gowns
and unusual hats are all lumped
together as Hassidim.
The truth is that these Jews are
divided into various groups and
sects with widely differing
philosophies, and may often be
hostile one to another. A great
number of them are loyal, patriotic
citizens of Israel, intensely Zionistic
and interested in the welfare of the
State. Unfortunately, tne antics of
one of the very smallest of these
groups has in recent years
besmirched and blackened the
reputation of all.
The reference is to a small sect,
some say no more than a few
hundred at most, who call
themselves Neturei Karta, which
translates as Guardians of the City.
They have two major assets: an
utterly mad program which is
bound to catch the attention of
sensation-seeking journalists, and a
public relations director who has a
knack for exploiting the
communications media.
The political program of the
Neturei Karta is quite clear. They
are against the state of Israel on the
grounds that it was blasphemous
of the Zionists to rush the hand of
God and set up such a State before
the Messiah arrived. Though they
live in Meah Shearim, in
Jerusalem, they refuse to recognize
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the authority of the State. They
pay no taxes, don't serve in the
army, refuse to use Israel postage
stamps, avoid Israeli money, using
foreign currency whereVef
possible, and don’t reaf
newspapers, listen to the radio og
watch television. They would like
to see this heretical Zionist stati
dissolved and would prefer that it
be replaced by one in which the
Arabs were dominant, so long as
they would be permitted to
Most recently, after a
confrontation between the Neturei
Karta on the one side, and such
public services as transportation,
fire-fighting and sanitation on the
other, he proclaimed that his little
kingdom was preparing to secede
from Israel, would set up its own
independent government and
presumably would apply for
membership in the United
Nations.
To Hirsch any means are
‘My goal is to get Neturei Karta into
headlines. I don't care what they print
about us, so long as they spell
our name rights
conduct their own affairs
according to rabbinic law.
Their public relations director,
who prefers to call himself foreign
minister, is Rabbi Moses Hirsch.
He is an anachronism, for despite
his attire and appearance he was
bom and educated in the United
States and speaks a perfect
unaccented English. If he had
remained in America he might
have become a wizard of Madison
Avenue.
Hirsch has been responsible for
Neturei Karta appeals to the
United Nations and to world
leaders to “rescue” them from
Zionist oppression. He has
organized well-timed demonstrations
whoa there was maximum TV.
coverage. He has engaged in
dialogues with PLO leaders, and
has publicized Neturei Karta's
offer to serve as advisor to the
PLO.
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justified to achieve their ends. He
approves of rock throwing on the
Shabbat if it serves their
purposes—but rock-throwing is
tame. He quotes approvingly the
statement by Rabbi Amram Blau,
the late leader of the sect, who once
said that if he had an atom bomb
he would not hesitate to use it to
destroy the sinful Zionist state of
Israel.
Some of the Neturei Karta are
beginning to think that perhaps
Hirsch is going too far, and seek to
disavow him. But he retorts that no
one had chosen him to begin with,
and so no one can fire him. He
filled a P.R. vacuum, he says,and
he will continue. Besides, he likes
the publicity. Hu principle u a
familiar one; My goal is to get
Neturei Karta into headlines. 1
don’t care what they print about
us, so long as they spell our name
right!
Israel will overcome its Arab
enemies, will conquer inflation,
will find a solution to the problem
of the Black Hebrews, and will live
through its political scandals.
Somehow, it will survive the
Neturei Karta as well.
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