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Incitement Over a Street Name
by A. Cohen
The media launched an incitement campaign recently against a
decision by the Bnei Brak Municipality to change the name of
Sharret Street to HaRav Povarski Street, to name it after
HaRav Dovid Povarski, the rosh yeshiva of Ponevezh. The
street is located in a commercial section of Bnei Brak where
there are growing hi-tech companies.
"The attacks against the Bnei Brak Municipality over the name
change do not stem from the media's concern for perpetuating
Mr. Sharret's name, but from a desire to criticize the
chareidi community. This is part of a long-standing,
dangerous trend which is liable to cause a serious,
irreversible rift in the nation," according to Rabbi Avrohom
Tannenbaum, Bnei Brak Municipal secretary and spokesman.
Rabbi Tannenbaum said there is little chance that streets
would be named In memory of rabbonim, admorim and
gedolei haTorahgedolei Yisroel..
"We are currently dealing with approximately 100 requests to
perpetuate gedolei Yisroel in our city, while there are
only three new streets without names," Rabbi Tannenbaum said.
"As a result, the Municipality decided to name a street whose
residents are all chareidi after HaRav Povarski, the rosh
yeshiva of Ponevezh, the largest yeshiva in the world, a
yeshiva where thousands Bnei Brak's residents studied."
Rabbi Tannenbaum, who was surprised by irate reaction of the
media, noted that no one batted an eyelash when Giborei
Yisrael Street in Tel Aviv, named after IDF soldiers killed
in action, was changed to Yigal Alon Street; or when the main
street of Beersheva was changed from Derech Hanesi'im after
presidents of the State, to Yitzhak Regev Street, after the
mayor of Beersheva. In addition, no one protested when
Malchei Yisroel Square -- named after the Kings of Israel --
was changed to Yitzhak Rabin Square or when Petach Tikvah's
Beilinson Hopsital became the Rabin Medical Center.
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