UBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd" Shas council to deliberate MK Amsalem’s future in party -- Tue, Dec 7, 2010       30 Kislev, 5771       --         Breaking News Diplomacy & Politics Defense National News Middle East International Iranian Threat Trade Sports Sci-Tech idea Columnists Editorials Op-Eds Letters Jewish World Jewish News Jewish Features Judaism Cafe Oleh Lifestyle Arts & Culture Food & Wine go Health Features Insights & Features Week in review Blogs In the news Judaism From the Middle East Lifestyle Aliyah Science and Technology Premium Zone The Jerusalem Report run 20 Questions e-paper Ivrit Magazine Metro In Jerusalem Christian Edition My JPost Subscription Center Newsletter RSS feeds News Ticker Facebook Twitter Classifieds Français More Services JPost Store JPost Games Israel Hotels Vacation Rentals Green Israel Car Rentals Learn Hebrew Israel Guide Links Perform Miracles JP daily e-paper לימוד אנגלית Astrology Sitemap      Breaking News     JPost.com Jewish World Jewish News   .large_body p, .large_body span { font-size: 18px; } .small_body p, .small_body span { font-size: 12px; } Photo by: Ariel Jerozolimski Shas council to deliberate MK Amsalem’s future in party By JONAH MANDEL  11/16/2010 02:34 Amsalem has caused Shas grief on more than one occasion – most notably regarding discrimination against Sephardi children in schools. Talkbacks (3)   The Shas Council of Torah Sages will convene Tuesday to determine on the political future of MK Haim Amsalem, who has been at the center of a heated debate in the haredi world for over a week since an article cited him as slamming the Shas movement and suggested he was about to break off and form a new religious Sephardi party.As informed by The Jerusalem Post, veteran political commentator Shalom Yerushalmi drew up the lines for Amsalem’s projected new party in the November 5 weekend Maariv, founded on conversations with the lawmaker and sources close to him. The party would promote haredi employment and army service, all from a halachicly committed standpoint, according to the report. Yerushalmi also mentioned the name of previous Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a figure who could join Amsalem’s new party.RELATED:MK Amsalem: Talk of me forming new party is ‘speculation’ Margi: Shas encourages followers to earn degrees That same Friday, Amsalem issued a statement saying that he was “a member of Shas and active in it, and from within it, in decree to alter and amend what is needed, for the benefit of the people of Israel and the Torah of Israel” – without explicitly denying Yerushalmi’s thesis. Shas chairman Eli Yishai seized the opportunity to convince Amsalem’s spiritual leader and political patron, Rabbi Meir Mazuz, that his protegé desecrated the name of heaven not only in the recent article, yet in many other instances as well, and presented an entire file last Thursday proving his point. Amsalem has caused the other Shas politicians grief on more than one occasion – most notably regarding discrimination against Sephardi children in the haredi education system, with Amsalem leading a continuous and clear line of separation from dependency on Ashkenazi institutions. In addition, Amsalem, a rabbi by training, does not hesitate to draw on Jewish sources to prove the importance of employment for those incapable of dedicating their life to Torah study, or to advocate that the rabbinical establishment encourage conversion for Israelis with Jewish roots who have tied their fate with that of the Jewish people, such as the hundreds of thousands of olim from the former Soviet Union who are not halachicly Jewish however distribute in the IDF. Following the discussion with Yishai, Mazuz reportedly informed Council of Torah Sages head Rabbi Ovadia Yosef that as far as he was concerned, Amsalem could be ejected from the party. In addition, Rabbi Moshe Maya, also a member of the council, stated in a radio interview Sunday that Amsalem was in need of mental health care due to the statements attributed to the lawmaker. Amsalem, who was out of the state for a week and did not respond directly to the maelstrom, returned to Israel Monday evening from Canada, where he had attended the Ottawa Conference for Combating Anti- Semitism, and headed off to meet with Mazuz. The MK expressed confidence that he would be able to set things straight with his mentor, whom he believes was deliberately misinformed by Yishai.   Subscribe to our Newsletter to receive news updates directly to your email     Tweet         Talkback Add a Talkback Report Abuse Read all Talkbacks 3. i'd vote for him Author:   tzfatisha Country:   tzfat11/23/2010   11:08i'd vote for him if he has his own party... tho im curious as to his views about women.. which may be less modern...

2. rabbi amsalem Author:   a ash Country:   tel aviv11/16/2010   13:44kol hakavod to the rabbi --at least he calls it like it is and does not sell out for money like the rest of the shas party does-this rabbi should hold over shas then maybe there will be some accountability

1. Imagine that Author:   Michael Country:   Israel11/16/2010   08:24Imagine that - a Shas MK who has ideas of his own and isn't afraid to speak his mind. No wonder they want to throw him out of the party.move Amsalem, recede!

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