Jerusalem’s chief rabbi on Tuesday lashed out at Reform Jews, saying they were worse than Holocaust deniers for defying Orthodox Jewish law on gender separation and insisting on the right to mixed-gender prayer at the Western Wall in the city.
U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Tuesday evening criticized the conduct of the Reform Movement in recent days, following the government’s decision to freeze the plan to establish a designated mixed-gender prayer area at the Western Wall.
During his weekly synagogue lesson, Rabbi David Yosef, a member of the Council of Torah Sages, made aggressive remarks against the Reform Movementm saying it is “not Jewish” and its members are “literally idolaters.”