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Controversial rabbi won’t be investigated for homophobic remarks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe State Attorney’s Office decides not to open an investigation into Rabbi Yigal Levinstein over disparaging and homophobic remarks he made about the LGBT community last year.
Levinstein, who runs a pre-army religious academy in the West Bank, drew censure after calling homosexuals “deviants” in a July speech, and urged the IDF to ban gay people from giving lectures to soldiers.
State prosecutors say Levinstein’s remarks don’t specifically urge violence against the LGBT community, and therefore do not amount to incitement.
Levinstein is facing a fresh scandal after he told army recruits yesterday that IDF service turns women “crazy,” makes them unattractive and strips them of their Jewishness.
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