Ultra-Orthodox Protests Planned Over Yeshiva Students' Arrests
Translated & summarized from JDN by baba
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesters are expected to demonstrate in Jerusalem and Gush Dan on Thursday afternoon following a call from Rabbi Azriel Auerbach. The protests are a response to the recent arrest of yeshiva students who are refusing military conscription. Organizers aim to disrupt traffic and express solidarity with the detained students.
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- Mass protests are planned for Thursday at 4:00 PM in Jerusalem and Gush Dan.
- The protests are ordered by Rabbi Azriel Auerbach in response to yeshiva students' arrests.
- Students were arrested for refusing military conscription and continuing Torah study.
- Organizers expect thousands of protesters to disrupt major traffic routes.
- The Committee to Save the World of Torah is organizing the demonstrations.
Mass protests are scheduled for Thursday at 4:00 PM in Jerusalem and the Gush Dan region, following a direct order from Rabbi Azriel Auerbach. The decision by the Committee to Save the World of Torah comes in response to a wave of arrests of yeshiva students and kolel members by military authorities in recent days. These students were reportedly arrested for refusing military conscription and continuing their Torah studies.
Rabbi Auerbach strongly condemned the arrests, calling them a desecration of Torah scholars and an abandonment of those who study Torah by establishment figures who had previously promised support. He emphasized that the public protest is also against the "terrible desecration of God's name" involved in jailing Torah scholars and kolel members while many remain silent.
The organizers anticipate that the main protests will disrupt major traffic routes and draw thousands of participants from extremist circles. They are urging the general public and all yeshiva students to attend the designated protest sites in Jerusalem and Gush Dan on Thursday afternoon to express solidarity with the detainees and protest the treatment of Torah scholars.
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