Just thought I'd post this here, since it would never make it into the Australian news, as the "muslim hype" factor wouldn't be there to make it worth it.
Jewish singer lashed for performing in front of men and women
Kuala Lumpur News.Net
Saturday 28th August, 2010
A Jewish singer who performed in front of a mixed audience of men and women has been lashed 39 times on the orders of his orthodox rabbi, Amnon Yitzhak, founder of the Shofar organization, which promotes the
A Jewish singer who performed in front of a mixed audience of men and women has been lashed 39 times on the orders of his orthodox rabbi, Amnon Yitzhak, founder of the Shofar organization, which promotes the "return to religion."
The Jerusalem Post has reported the whipping occurred after a ruling by a self-described rabbinic court on Wednesday.
The court ruled the whipping should occur to make the man "repent."
Rabbi Yitzhak, who has made it a mission to fight against musical performances attended by both men and women, set up the rabbinical judicial panel with other members of his organization.
In an article later placed on the Shofar Web site, it was stated that those who make others sin, such as artists who make men and women attend performances or dance together, have no place in the world to come.
A leather strip, said to have been made by Amnon Yitzhak’s father, was used on the man, named as Erez Yechiel, who was ordered to stand at a wooden pole.
During the whipping, Yechiel supposedly said: "I accept upon myself the lashing for my sins."
As a religious lecturer and tele-rabbi, Yitzhak has been known to fill stadiums and auditoriums across Israel, preaching his message of repentance and return to Judaism.
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