Eyal Qarim

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The so-called great sage made barbarous rulings. Maimonides (Picture: Wikiepdia Commons)
Why we refuse to believe certain abominations in Jewish law
Why people have a hard time believing the abominations of religious edicts – and why Qarim retracted his My post dealing with Rabbi Colonel Eyal Qarim and his implied justification of rape during wartime received a large number of shocked and enraged comments, and for a simple reason. Most Jews living today – in Israel…
By Yossi Gurvitz March 30, 2012
Israeli border policeman faces a Palestinian woman in Hebron (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)
IDF colonel-rabbi implies: Rape is permitted in war
Answering a question from a concerned reader regarding the Torah’s position on rape during war, Colonel Eyal Qarim of the Military Rabbinate wrote nine years ago – out of uniform – that ‘prohibitions against immorality’ are removed during war. Is it permitted for a Jewish soldier to rape a gentile woman during wartime? This question…
By Yossi Gurvitz March 28, 2012
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