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Rabbi Ravitz Demands Cancellation of Stamp With
Cross
by Betzalel Kahn
MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz has demanded that Communications
Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer remove a series of stamps that
show pictures of a religious cross from circulation. "This is
the first time that an Israeli government has produced such a
thing," Rabbi Ravitz said.
In a letter sent to Ben Eliezer, Rabbi Ravitz writes, "I
received a stamp of the Post Office Authority which has a
picture of a cross. As you know, Jews have always been
appalled by pictures of a cross, both from a religious
standpoint and because of the Jewish Nation's harsh
associations with it.
"The stamp is doubly harmful since it contains an inscription
referring to Israel as the land of "three religions." Israel
is not the land of three religions. It is Eretz
Yisroel. We respect the minorities who live here as well
as members of all religions. But this land is Eretz
Yisroel, the land promised by Hashem to the Jewish
nation, in prophecy that is known to the Christian world,
too. . . . The cross has no place as a message to the Jewish
Nation," Rabbi Ravitz stressed, as he asked the
Communications Minister to remove the stamp from
circulation.
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