Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Hundreds protest Hasidic pilgrimages to Haifa monastery
Some 300 people protested Sunday at a Christian monastery in Haifa against what they say is a recent trend of Jewish pilgrims praying at the site.
It came after a Christian man was arrested last week for assaulting two Jewish men at the Stella Maris Monastery located on the slopes of Mount Carmel. Though the site is linked to the Biblical prophet Elijah, members of a Jewish Hasidic sect say it also is home to the tomb of his disciple the prophet Elisha.
During the rally, demonstrators protested against prayer visits by Hasidim. According to Hebrew media reports, the Jewish visitors are from a subgroup of the Breslov Hasidic community, the Shuvu Bonim sect led by convicted sex offender and swindler Rabbi Eliezer Berland.
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