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Friday, February 20, 2026
Haredi rabbi again dances to anti-Zionist, anti-enlistment anthem at wedding
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Video circulates on social media of Rabbi Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, of the Ateret Shlomo yeshiva network, dancing with his students to an anti-Zionist anthem that denounces “the government of the infidels.”
It is not the first time Sorotzkin has drawn outrage for dancing to the song.
The musical number, a product of the staunchly anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect, includes lyrics translatable as: “We don’t believe in the government of infidels and we do not recognize their laws.”
The version sung at the wedding appears to have tweaked the words to say: “We don’t believe in the government of infidels and we won’t show up at their [army] recruitment offices.”
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid shares the video on X, and writes: “Rabbi Sorotzkin, if not for the Jewish army that you insult and curse, you and your students wouldn’t be dancing — you wouldn’t be, at all.”
הרב סורוצקין, אם לא הצבא היהודי שאתה מנאץ ומקלל אתה והתלמידים שלך לא הייתם רוקדים, לא הייתם בכלל https://t.co/jpj4msl0TD
— יאיר לפיד – Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) February 20, 2026
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