One in a Generation: Rabbi Eliezer Berland: Volume 2: Into Exile
Book Details
Author(s)
BR Levy, YD Bergman
Publisher
Matronita Press
ISBN / ASIN
9657739144
ISBN-13
9789657739143
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Description
Few people have had more of a polarizing effect on Israeli society as Rabbi Eliezer Berland. To his followers, he's a miracle worker, a saintly figure and an erudite and uplifting mystic who has inspired tens of thousands of people to return to the Jewish faith.
To his detractors, he's a 'false messiah', a dangerous interloper - and a source of severe concern. Over the years, Rabbi Berland has publically criticized the Israeli Army, demanded humanitarian aid from Israel for refugees fleeing Syria, and gone head-to-head with senior army officials over continued access to Jewish holy sites.
In the process, he made a lot of powerful enemies in high places within the Israeli establishment. Following the election of an 'anti-religious' government in Israel in 2012, the pressure on the ultra orthodox community increased exponentially - and the first people in the cross-hairs were the community's leaders.
One in a Generation: Into Exile explains the real reasons why Rabbi Eliezer Berland fled the country, how the charges against him were fabricated as part of a wider witch-hunt against the ultra-orthodox community in Israel, and explores the growing chasm between the secular and ultra orthodox communities in Israel.
